Brewer v. Maryland Cas. Co.

POPE, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment upon an instructed verdict in favor of Maryland Casualty Company and involves two legal points: whether the insurer canceled a public liability policy prior to the date of an accident which injured appellant, Charles C. Brewer, and whether a settlement agreement between Brewer and the insured cut off any liability of the insured toward Brewer, thereby also relieving the insurer of liability under a policy requiring it to pay any existing liability.

The insurance company issued its policy in favor of Geo. Briggs on March 11, 1946, and charged him…