S.S. Newell & Co. v. American Mut. Liability Ins.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Associate Justice Fishburne.

The defendant, American Mutual Liability Insurance Company, on or about July 1, 1939, issued and delivered to the plaintiff, S. S. Newell & Company, a public liability insurance policy, for a term of one year. ■ Some ten months later, in April, 1940, the Newell Company, a corporation engaged in the construction and paving of highways, entered into a contract with the State Highway Department to' grade and surface treat an 18 mile stretch of highway in Hampton and Jasper Counties. This contract required and obligated ■the…