Inland Mutual Insurance Company v. Hightower

145 So.2d 422 (1962)

INLAND MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

v.

J. M. HIGHTOWER, Jr., et al.

6 Div. 411.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

June 21, 1962.

Rehearing Granted October 4, 1962.

Wiggins & Wiggins, Jasper, Young & Young, Vernon, Rushton, Stakely & Johnston, Montgomery, for appellant.

Fite & Fite, Hamilton, Tweedy & Beech, Jasper, for appellees.

COLEMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal by an insurer from a declaratory decree whereby the insurer was held liable, under an automobile liability policy, to defend and protect its insured against the claims of a third party who had been injured in a motor vehicle accident.