Farmers Insurance Exchange v. Village of Hewitt

Knutson, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment entered in favor of respondents.

There is no dispute in the facts and for the purposes of this opinion only the following must be assumed to be true:

Robert C. Wallace was insured by appellant insurance company under an automobile liability policy. He was involved in an automobile accident on July 9, 1960, in which Verna M. Koester and Harry Koester were injured. Prior to the accident Robert C. Wallace had been drinking at bars owned by respondent villages and was sold liquor when he was obviously intoxicated, in violation of…