Standard Accident Ins. Co. of Detroit v. Hull

CARTER, District Judge.

This case presents the question of the liability of an insurance carrier for attorney’s fees in a declaratory relief action filed to determine whether or not it must defend an action commenced in the State courts against its assured.

The Facts

On April 17, 1949, Standard Accident Insurance Company, herein called the Company, issued its “Automobile, bodily injury, liability policy” to Amelia Hull, defendant herein.

The insuring agreements therein contain, under Coverage A — an agreement to pay in behalf of the insured all sums for which the insured shall become legally…