O. R. Mitchell Motors, Inc. v. Joe Marotta & Sons, Inc.

POPE, Justice.

Joe Marotta & Sons, Inc., the purchaser of a vehicle, recovered a judgment on a verdict for $3,347.79 against O. R. Mitchell Motors, Inc., the seller, for its breach of contract to procure a credit life insurance policy on the life of Joe Marotta, Sr., in an amount sufficient to discharge plaintiff’s debt in full upon his death. This is not a suit upon an insurance contract. South-land Life Insurance Company v. Statler, 139 Tex. 496, 163 S.W.2d 623. It is a suit for breach of a contract to procure insurance for the plaintiff. Burroughs v. Bunch, Tex.Civ.App., 210 S.W.2d 211,…