Legal Opinion
Wheeling v. Financial Indemnity Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 7, 1962No. Civ. 25415PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFox, P. J.
This is an action against an insurance company on a policy of insurance to recover the amount of a default judgment rendered by a Virginia court against the insured.
Appellant insurance company issued a policy of automobile liability insurance to Arthur DeCosta in July of 1955, with reference to a 1954 Chevrolet. The policy was issued and delivered in California, and DeCosta was at the time a resident of this state. Appellant, by the terms of the policy, promised “To pay on behalf of the Insured all sums which the Insured shall become legally obligated to pay as damages because of bodily…
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