Legal Opinion
Frank W. Wicker v. National Surety Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 20, 1964No. 9024_1PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judge.
The question is whether a purchaser of an automobile from a Virginia dealer was its owner or its permissive user, within the meaning of the dealer’s liability insurance, when the old, assigned title certificate, never physically tendered to the purchaser, was in the possession of the dealer, with the approval of the purchaser, for the purpose of filing it with the Division of Motor Vehicles. The District Court held the dealer was still the owner of the vehicle and its insurer responsible for the damages caused by the automobile in the hands of the purchaser. Under…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Thomas v. MullinsSupreme Court of Virginia · 1929
- Nationwide Insurance v. StormSupreme Court of Virginia · 1959
- Payne v. PayneSupreme Court of Virginia · 1920
- Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company v. ColeSupreme Court of Virginia · 1962
- United States v. One Hudson Hornet SedanDistrict Court, W.D. Virginia · 1953
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Farmers & Merchants Bank v. Law (In Re Law)United States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Virginia · 1979
- Clouse v. American Mutual Liability InsuranceDistrict Court, E.D. South Carolina · 1964
- Hardware Mutual Casualty Company v. Bewayne Jones, Infant, and Louis JonesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
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