Styer v. Harleysville Mutual Casualty Co.

Ditter, J.,

This is a suit against an insurance company in which damages are claimed because of its refusal to defend a trespass action. It was tried without a jury, and although the trial judge found in favor of defendant, he ordered the matter argued before the court en banc as though on plaintiff’s motion for judgment n.o.v.

The facts are not in dispute. At all times relevant to this case, plaintiff was engaged in the business of manufacturing and installing ice cream cabinets on motor vehicles. Some time prior to July 23, 1959, plaintiff entered into an agreement with a man named Richard…