Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. v. Continental Casualty Co.

OPINION

By .SKEEL, J.

This cause comes to this court on an appeal on questions of law from a judgment of the Municipal Court of Cleveland. The plaintiff seeks to recover legal expenses which it incurred in its own defense in an action in which it was defendant. The plaintiff claims to have been protected against such expense *460under a policy of liability insurance issued to it by the defendant.

The plaintiff, Socony-Vacuum Oil Company Inc., by its petition alleged that it entered into a contract with PaughtBrown Inc., for the construction of an addition to its warehouse and storage tanks at 2846…