Miller v. National Life & Accident Insurance Co.

DAVISON, Justice.

In this case, we are called upon to address a purely legal question, involving the interpretation of an insurance policy. The question presented is: whether a four-wheel, half-ton pickup truck, which is used exclusively for pleasure, is an “automobile” as defined in an insurance policy which provides: “The term ‘automobile’ shall mean a four-wheeled passenger motor vehicle exclusively of the pleasure ear type, not operated by the Insured for hire.”

The facts giving rise to the controversy before us are as follows: Ethel Miller, individually and in her capacity as the duly…