J. H. Blake & Co. v. Hamburg Bremen Fire Insurance

Gaines, Associate Justice.

At-the time the transactions occurred which gave -rise to this litigation, Cotton & Brother *162were agents representing appellee, and also a large number of other companies doing a business of fire insurance. O. L. Cochran at that time was also an agent of still other insurance companies. Being limited by his principals as to the amount of his risks, he was not able to meet in full the demands of his customers. A written agreement was accordingly entered into between Cotton & Brother, as agents of certain companies represented by them, on the one hand, and Cochran, as…