Legal Opinion
Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Yeatts
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided November 10, 1938No. 4404PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOPER, Circuit Judge.
The Surety Company, as plaintiff in the District Court, sought a declaratory decree under 28 U.S.C.A. § 400 adjudicating that a policy issued by it to Dr. W. C. Yeatts of Danville, Virginia, did not cover a claim asserted against the physician by the administrator of Elizabeth W. Burton, deceased, in a suit in the Corporation Court of Danville, and that consequently the company was under no obligation to defend and indemnify the' assured against loss arising from the claim. Both parties to the suit in the state court were joined as defendants in the federal court. Pending…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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3Cited by71 opinions
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