National Life & Accident Ins. Co. v. Ringo

YOUNG, Justice.

The suit below was for damages resulting from an assault upon appellee, inflicted by one of appellant’s collection agents; the insurance company prosecuting this appeal from a jury verdict and judgment for $500, the parties being hereinafter designated as in the trial court. Plaintiff’s petition relating to the events preceding the assault, stated: That on April 5, 1938, about 7:30 P. M., one P. L. Brown (defendant’s said agent) visited plaintiff’s home for the purpose of collecting weekly premiums on policies of insurance carried by plaintiff in defendant’s company, and: “That…