Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Horton

232 Ga. 355 (1974)

206 S.E.2d 487

AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY

v.

HORTON; and vice versa.

28788, 28789.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Argued April 9, 1974.

Decided May 28, 1974.

Rehearing Denied June 12, 1974.

Bouhan, Williams & Levy, Walter C. Hartridge, for appellant.

Cowart, Sapp & Gale, George B. Cowart, for appellee.

NICHOLS, Presiding Justice.

The plaintiff in the trial court (appellee here) sued Aetna Casualty and Surety Company as a third party defendant to have an insurance policy reformed and to obtain a judgment based upon equitable estoppel.

The history surrounding this litigation is somewhat…