Frank O. Pruitt, Inc. v. Southern Underwriters, Inc.

ROBERTS, Justice.

In its suit for a declaratory decree, plaintiff, an insurance agency, asked the equity court to construe an insurance agency contract theretofore entered into between it and defendant, as general agent of Bituminous Casualty Corporation, and to decree that plaintiff was .entitled to a commission on a renewal policy issued by defendant for Bituminous through another agent, one Brannen. It was alleged that plaintiff had been the procuring agent on the original policy and had been prevented, by the subterfuge of the defendant, from securing a renewal of the original coverage;…