Layton v. Home Indemnity Co.

Steinert, J. —

This is a contest over certain proceeds of a public liability insurance policy. Plaintiff sought to recover the proceeds by virtue of an assignment of a claim thereto by her daughter, who previously had obtained a judgment for damages for personal injuries against the individual named as the insured in the policy. Defendant Columbia Clinic, Inc., claimed the proceeds by virtue of its alleged statutory hen for hospital services rendered to the injured daughter. Trial by the court, without a jury, resulted in findings and conclusions upon which the court entered judgment…