Buck v. Mountain States Investment Corporation

COMPTON, Justice.

This is an action for reformation of an insurance policy and to recover for the loss by fire of household goods and other items while in transit from Texas to New Mexico. Pending disposition of the appeal, Billy Buck died. Upon the death of Billy Buck, Mrs. Billy Buck was substituted as plaintiff-appellee, and, for the purposes of this opinion, Billy Buck will be referred to as ap-pellee.

On January 16, 1963, pursuant to several telephone conversations, Mr. Buck and the solicitor agent for Mountain States Investment Corporation, acting as agent of the appellant, Western Fire…