Meiselman v. . Wicker

Tbe plaintiff grounds bis action on tbe principle announced in Elam v. Realty Co., 182 N. C., 599, 109 S. E., 632, 18 A. L. R., 1210, that where an agent or broker undertakes to procure insurance for another, affording protection against a designated risk, tbe law imposes upon him tbe duty, in tbe exercise of reasonable care, to perform tbe obligation be has assumed, and within tbe amount of tbe proposed insurance, be may be held liable for tbe loss properly attributable to bis negligent default. See, also, Boney v. Ins. Co., 213 N. C., 563, 197 S. E., 122; Anno. 18 A. L. R., 1214; 8 Am.…