State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Johnston

9 Cal.3d 270 (1973)

507 P.2d 1357

107 Cal. Rptr. 149

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff and Appellant,

v.

BILLY MILTON JOHNSTON et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Docket No. Sac. 7944.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

April 3, 1973.

COUNSEL

Bledsoe, Smith, Cathcart, Johnson & Rogers and Robert A. Seligson for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Raymond E. Bright, John J. Healy, Warren A. Staiger and Hutchins, Staiger & Preston for Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

McCOMB, J.

This is an appeal from a declaratory judgment that an insurance policy issued by plaintiff covered defendant…