Amalgamated Casualty Insurance v. Helms

The facts with which we deal in this appeal are, for the main part, undisputed. They may be briefly stated and they follow. On September 27, 1953, an accident occurred on Route 301, a public highway in the State of Maryland. One of the vehicles involved was a taxicab owned by Carl H. Campbell, then being operated by one James E. Duckett with Campbell’s permission. This latter fact is mildly disputed, but, for the purposes of this case, we shall assume it to be true. Persons named Helms and Staples were injured in the accident.

At the time of the collision, Campbell’s vehicle was insured by…