New Amsterdam Casualty Co. v. Hamblen

This suit was instituted by the executors of the estate of H. C. House, deceased, on an indemnity contract to recover the amount expended by the deceased in defense of a suit which, they allege, should have been defended by petitioner under the terms of the indemnity contract. Judgment was rendered in favor of the executors by the trial court and that judgment was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals. 186 S. W. (2d) 741.

The indemnity contract was designated “owners/ landlords’, and tenants’ public liability policy.” It covered a building owned by the deceased, House, and occupied and used…