Driscoll v. Epley

FRASER, Justice.

This is an appeal from the District Court of Midland County, Texas, wherein plaintiff recovered a judgment against defendant for the sum of $660, and another item of $51.26, which was not contested. Trial was to the court, without a jury. The facts are as follows:

Defendant had called a man by the name of Epley in Midland, Texas, in the month of June, 1953, inquiring whether or not he should take out insurance against hail damaging his crop. Epley informed him that his mother, who operated an insurance agency, was in the house, thereupon plaintiff and defendant entered into a…