Maryland Casualty Co. v. Pearson

CHASE, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is by the defendants from a declaratory judgment determining that a policy of automobile liability insurance issued by the appellee to the appellant Pearson neither covered liability for personal injuries sustained by appellant Stafford in collision involving the vehicle described in the policy, an International truck, nor required the appellee to defend a suit brought by Stafford against Pearson and appellant DeVantier to recover for such injuries.

On June 24, 1949, Stafford, while riding with DeVantier in the International truck on a highway near Niagara…