Ferrell v. State Automobile Insurance Ass'n

DUFFY, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit for a declaratory judgment to determine whether defendant insurance company is obligated to furnish a defense to plaintiffs William Ferrell and Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company with reference to a suit brought by Earl Clifford in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, designated as cause No. 58 C 15370.

The trial of the instant case was had before the court on a stipulation of facts and the pleadings. The trial court found the issue in favor of the defendant.

The facts in the Clifford ease may be briefly stated. Clifford drove a tractor-trailer…