Cox v. Travelers Insurance Company

Hawes, Justice.

Joe Cox was involved in an automobile collision with an automobile owned by Johnny D. Scoggins and driven by his wife, Mildred A. Scoggins. The Scogginses were insured by the Travelers Insurance Company. Cox sued the Scogginses in tort for damages, and upon the trial of that case a verdict and judgment was returned for the defendants. He then brought the present suit against the Travelers Insurance Company on the theory that shortly after the collision and before suit was filed against the Scogginses, Travelers had entered into an oral contract with him to pay an agreed sum of…