Government Employees Insurance v. Coppage

This dispute between one insurance company and the receiver of another as to coverage for automobile liability turns on whether title to an automobile had passed at the time of the accident. The appellant, Government Employees Insurance Company (G.E.I.C.), filed a declaration for a declaratory judgment under the Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act, Code (1957), Art. 31A against National Mutual Insurance Company of Maryland (National), in the Circuit Court for Prince George’s County, asking that the court declare that an automobile liability policy issued by National to Charles M. Patterson is…