Continental Casualty Co. v. American Fidelity & Casualty Co.

MERCER, Chief Judge.

This cause arose on a complaint by plaintiff, Continental, against defendant, American, for judgment in the amount of $35,000, the demand representing amounts paid by the plaintiff to satisfy three judgments entered in the Circuit Court of Fulton County, Illinois, and costs and attorney fees incurred by plaintiff in defending the action in the latter court. The facts of the case are set forth fully in an opinion by the court filed February 7, 1958, 159 F.Supp. 311, and will herein be briefly summarized only.

Defendant issued its policy of liability insurance to T. A.…