Minter v. Georgia Piggly-Wiggly Co.

Atkinson, Presiding Justice.

1. While there is authority for the proposition that where one undertakes to procure insurance for another, and is guilty of fraud or negligence in his undertaking, he is liable for loss or damage to the limit of the amount of the agreed policy (Thomas v. Funkhouser, 91 Ga. 478, 481, 18 S. E. 312; Elam v. Smithdeal Realty &c. Co., 182 N. C. 599, 109 S. E. 632, 18 A. L. R. 1210, notes, 1214-1220; Rezac v. Zima, 96 Kan. 752, 153 Pac. 500, Ann. Cas. 1918B, 1035; 32 C. J. 1087, 1088, and cit.), such a rule would have no application where, as in this case, an employer,…