Freeport Motor Casualty Co. v. Tharp

This is an appeal from a decree of the circuit court of Clay county in an action instituted by appellee, Freeport Motor Casualty Company (hereinafter called plaintiff), under the provisions of the Declaratory Judgment Act of this State (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1947, ch. 110, par. 181.1 [Jones Ill. Stats. Ann. 104.057(1)]).

A declaratory judgment was sought to affirm the plaintiff’s. construction of an. insurance policy previously issued to Charles W. Wright, who entered his appearance in the court below, but did not contest the suit. The other appellants, Hubert Tharp and Mildred Tharp, husband and…