Sawyer v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.

69 Cal.2d 801 (1968)

LESLIE D. SAWYER, Plaintiff and Respondent,

v.

STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

L.A. No. 29528.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

Dec. 9, 1968.

Gene E. Smith and Banyard & Portigal for Defendant and Appellant.

Gilbert, Thompson & Kelly, Jean Wunderlich and H. Thomas Ellerby as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Appellant.

Strop & Hamrick and Ben W. Hamrick for Plaintiff and Respondent.

SULLIVAN, J.

We hold in this case that the acknowledgment of the receipt of the premium in a policy of automobile liability insurance which has been delivered is…