Silas L. Jennings v. Horace Mann Mutual Insurance Company

WILLIAM E. DOYLE, Circuit Judge.

This is a declaratory judgment action. Jurisdiction arises as a result of diversity of citizenship. The plaintiffs are Silas L. Jennings, Employers Fire Insurance Company and Betty J. Murphy. The defendant is Horace Mann Mutual Insurance Company, which was at all pertinent times Jennings’ insurer.

Jennings was the driver of an automobile which collided with a motorcycle on which Betty Murphy was a passenger. Employers’ Company is Murphy’s insurer. It paid out to her under its uninsured motorist clause. It seeks, of course, to recover these amounts. Its interest,…