Brown v. Seaboard Lumber & Supply Co.

Quillian, Justice.

In Aetna Cas. &c. Co. v. Brooks, 218 Ga. 593 (129 SE2d 798), it was held that under a provision in an automobile liability insurance policy which authorized the insurer to “make such investigation and settlement of any claim or suit as it deems expedient” the insured gives express authority to the insurer and constitutes it the insured’s agent for the purpose of effecting settlement of claims and that a settlement so obtained by the insurer was binding upon the insured without regard to whether the insured had knowledge of the settlement, consented to it or subsequently…