Hardware Dealers Mutual Fire Ins. v. Insurance Co. of North America

By JUDGE ALEX H. SANDS, JR.

Nellie L. Beasley obtained a judgment against Joseph C. Gentle and John Doe in the amount of $4,000.00 in the Circuit Court of Chesterfield County on May 20, 1969.

On May 22, 1969, action was instituted in the Law and Equity Court against Hardware Dealers Mutual Insurance Company, uninsured motorist coverage carrier on Nellie Beasley, seeking to recover said judgment, Hardware defending upon the ground that its assured, Nellie Beasley, should first attempt recovery from Gentle, the insured defendant in the original case.

On June 19, 1969, Hardware filed an action for…