Smith Motors, Inc. v. New Amsterdam Casualty Co.

The plaintiff here is a corporation engaged in the sale of new automobiles and the reconditioning and sale of used cars. The defendants are insurance companies doing business in the state of Nebraska.

This action was brought by the plaintiff, and heard by the court over the objections of the defendants, on the theory that it was one for a declaratory judgment to determine the liability of the defendant companies under policies of “garage liability” insurance issued to the plaintiff, and to recover for money spent and liabilities incurred in the defense of a suit by one Ethel Oberman against…