Payne v. Southern Guaranty Insurance

Pope, Judge.

Southern Guaranty sought a declaratory judgment as to its liability under no-fault liability and provisions of a contract of insurance issued by it to Donald A. Riddle. The undisputed facts giving rise to the claim were that Riddle went deer hunting in a Chevrolet pickup truck insured by Southern Guaranty, accompanied by appellant Robert Lee Payne who at all times was seated in the passenger seat of the truck. Riddle, who was driving, spotted a deer, stopped the truck and got out to shoot the deer. Believing that he had hit the deer, Riddle got back in the truck cab and placed the…