Shiaras v. Chupp

This is a declaratory judgment action brought to determine which of two insurance companies is responsible • to defend and provide coverage with respect to an accident which occurred on June 18, 1971, when George Shiaras, who was driving a pickup truck with the permission of John Chupp, its owner, was involved in a collision with a motorcycle ridden by Edward De Pauw.

Shiaras was insured, with respect to an automobile not involved in the accident, by Country Mutual Insurance Company. The decisive question is whether Chupp’s insurance policy, issued by State Farm Mutual, was in force at the…