State Farm Mut. Automobile Insurance v. Brooks

REEVES, District Judge.

This is a suit for a declaratory judgment authorized by section 400, Title 28 U.S.C. A. The plaintiff seeks a declaration of rights and obligations under a policy of liability insurance issued by it to the defendant A. F. Brooks. Such declaration is sought upon a state of facts arising while its policy was in force. The effective date of the policy was October 11, 1940, and it admittedly was in force at the date of the occurrence which laid the foundation for this suit. Its policyholder, A. F. Brooks, was doing business as East Side Ice & Fuel Company, 1101 Broadway,…