Raintree Trucking Co. v. First American Insurance

Miller, Judge.

The issue on appeal is the effect of a “Form E” certificate of insurance filed with the Texas Railroad Commission. The certificate represented that First American Insurance Company insured Rain-tree Trucking Company for damages caused by Raintree’s trucks; in fact, Raintree had no insurance from First American, but only from Commonwealth General Insurance Company, which has since been placed in receivership. First American refused to pay a Texas judgment entered against Raintree for property damages caused by one of its trucks, and so Raintree filed the present Georgia action…