Maryland Casualty Co. v. Dalton Coal & Material Co.

JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge.

An insurer sought a declaratory judgment against its insured, to the effect that its “Comprehensive Automobile Liability Policy,” upon the insured’s fleet of coal trucks, did not cover an accident which had occurred to a third party and the suit for personal injuries which resulted therefrom, when one of the insured’s truck drivers allegedly failed to properly replace a manhole cover in a public sidewalk, on making delivery of some coal to a customer's premises. Also joined as a party defendant was another insurance company which had issued to the insured a “General…