General Insurance v. Hughes

This is a suit for recovery of damages under a contract of public liability insurance issued by petitioner to respondent, Charles P. Hughes. It was instituted by J. R. Hughes to recover the amount of a judgment he held against petitioner’s assured as a result of an automobile collision. Respondent, Charles P. Hughes, intervened in the trial court, seeking to recover attorney’s fees and court costs incurred in connection with the prior damage suit. Petitioner’s defense in the trial court was that its assured’s truck-trailer unit involved in said collision was not covered under the policy.

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