Dewalt v. State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co. of Bloomington

WOODROUGH, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff in this action at law alleged that the defendant insurance company, in consideration of the payment by him of a certain premium, had issued its insurance policy to him whereby, among other things, it insured him against legal liability to an amount not exceeding ten thousand dollars for death suffered by a third person resulting from an accident by reason of his use of his automobile; that his use of his car within the insurance period accidentally caused the death of one Elmer Steva; that a claim resulted in favor of the widow of the deceased who sued…