Houston Fire and Casualty Insurance v. Pritchard & Abbott

Pritchard & Abbott, a partnership composed of E. S. Pritch-ard and J. L. Abbott, brought suit against Houston Fire and Casualty Insurance Company to recover the sum of $10,000.00 expended by plaintiff in settlement of a personal injury claim growing out of a collision in which one of Plaintiffs’ motor vehicles was involved. Houston Fire and Casualty denied liability on the ground that the policy of insurance made the basis of the suit was not in effect and brought Commercial Standard Insurance Company into the suit as a third-party defendant, alleging that Commercial Standard had issued a…