Georgia, Florida, Alabama Transportation Co. v. Deaton, Inc.

MERRILL, Justice.

This appeal is from a decree rendered in a declaratory judgment proceeding in which the trial court held that the lessee, appellant Georgia, Florida, Alabama Transportation Company, Inc., would be required to defend and indemnify the lessor, appellee Deaton, Inc., against all claims asserted by John F. Hudson and Norman L. Hulsey.

Georgia, Florida, Alabama Transportation Company, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as GFA) and Deaton, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as Deaton) are engaged in the truck freight business. On July 30, 1971, GFA and Deaton entered into an agreement known…