Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Middlesboro-LaFollette Bus Line, Inc.

MONTGOMERY, Judge.

The Middlesboro-LaFollette Bus Line, Inc., recovered judgment against the Hartford Accident & Indemnity Company in the, sum of $4,203.20 for the destruction by fire of a bus. The bus line sued to recover $4,500 as the value of the bus insured under an alleged contract of insurance pursuant to an oral agreement by Hayden Smith, its president and general manager, and Jack T. Jenkins, Hartford’s local agent. Hartford contends that there was no meeting of the minds as to the amount of insurance or the preimum to be paid; hence, no contract. The bus line urges that Hartford’s…