Brown v. Kennedy

The principal question to be decided here is whether the term “using” in the insurance policy involved in this case is to be construed as having the limited meaning of driving or operating or is to be given its ordinary signification.

Under the terms of the policy any person “using” the automobile mentioned in the policy with the permission of the named insured becomes an insured whom the insurance company is bound to defend and “to pay on behalf of the insured all sums which the insured shall become obligated to pay by reason of the liability imposed upon him by law for damages.” As was…