Court Opinion

ID: 9832456
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 21:55:42.115052+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:43:46.978735
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On Motion for Rehearing.
By motion for rehearing filed in this court in behalf of Bruce Webster and Amer-. ican Fidelity & Casualty Company of Richmond, Va., it is urged that this court erred in sustaining the action of the trial court in overruling the general demurrer of complainants here to the plaintiffs’ petition. They insist that there is no allegation in the peti-. tion that the policy issued by the casualty company to Bruce Webster was issued for the benefit of the plaintiffs, or any of them, and that, in the absence of such allegation, the petition was subject to the general demurrer.
The plaintiffs in their petition did, in effect, allege the issuance of the policy to Bruce Webster by the insurer, the casualty company, and specifically charged that Viola S. Isbell is entitled to recover against the American Fidelity & Casualty Company to the extent of $2,500 by reason of its issuance of said policy.
The policy on its face, or some of its parts, shows that Bruce Webster had received a license from the city of Houston to operate the vehicle, which was instrumental in the injury of Mrs. Isbell, for hire, in full ac-cordánce with the ordinances and regulations governing vehicles; that the policy was issued for the use and benefit of any one claiming under it.
Under the circumstances stated, we think the allegations of the petition fully advised the insurer that plaintiffs were claiming that the policy was issued for the benefit of thosfe injured by Bruce Webster in the operation of his licensed vehicle, of which class she was one. We think the clear intendment of the petition was to so allege, and, in the absence of a special exception .addressed to the allegation referred to, it should stand and be considered a sufficient allegation to permit proof that Mrs. Isbell was a beneficiary under the policy.
It is only incumbent upon a plaintiff to allege sufficient facts to advise the defendant that the plaintiff is concerned with the cause of action averred. 49 O. J. at page 140.
Believing that plaintiffs’ petition was good as against the general demurrer addressed to it, the motion of appellants for rehearing is overruled.
Overruled.