Johnston v. Otta

Robert R. Johnston filed his complaint seeking to recover from the defendant, E. I. Otta, an insurance broker, damages which he alleged he sustained as a result of the negligence of the defendant in failing to obtain insurance upon the automobile of the plaintiff.

The complaint charged that prior to November 4, 1947, the defendant solicited the plaintiff to act as plaintiff’s agent in obtaining automobile insurance for him and that, as his agent, defendant obtained for the plaintiff a policy which expired on November 4, 1948, the premium for which plaintiff paid; that prior to November 4,…