Canal Insurance Company v. Paul

Wayne B. Paul filed the bill in this case seeking a declaratory judgment that his public liability policy in the defendant Canal Insurance Company entitled him to protection under a policy provision reading:

“Temporary Substitute Automobile—an automobile not owned by the named insured or his spouse if a resi dent of the same household, while temporarily used as a substitute for the described automobile when withdrawn from normal use because of its breakdown, repair, servicing, loss or destruction.”

Under the facts to be stated, the Chancellor held the Company obligated to defend an action for…