Donald McGettrick v. Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York

MADDEN, Judge.

The plaintiff brought this action in the United States District Court for the District of Vermont seeking to have the defendant declared legally obligated 1 to defend the plaintiff in a suit brought by one Arthur North against the plaintiff, and further seeking damages from the defendant because of its failure to defend the plaintiff in that suit. Upon the verdict of a jury, the District Court rendered a judgment for the plaintiff in the amount of $4,500. The defendant has appealed.

The defendant, on August 25, 1955 issued an “Owner’s, Landlord’s and Tenant’s Public Liability…