Brooks v. Renner and Company

Lyle Brown, Justice.

Suit was filed by J. E. Brooks, plaintiff-appellant, against Renner and Company Inc., a Fayetteville insurance agency, and Commercial Standard Insurance Co., with whom Renner placed a substantial part of its business. The sole issue below was whether a Commercial Standard auto liability policy issued by Renner to J. E. Brooks on June 3, 1964, was in effect on November 2, 1964. On motion for summary judgment the trial court ruled against Brooks.

Brooks resided in Fayetteville continuously for many years. For some ten years he had insured one or more automobiles through the…