Barnes v. Pennsylvania Casualty Co.

Opinion op the Court by

Chief Justice Sims

Affirming.

Appellant, R. R. Barnes, sued appellee, Pennsylvania Casualty Company, hereinafter referred to as the Company, to recover $800 he paid the Cumberland Coach Line in settlement of a claim for damages done one of its busses when one of appellant’s trucks collided with it. The theory of appellant’s action is that the Company carried liability insurance on this truck and when he notified the Company of the accident and the latter denied liability on the ground that the truck was not covered by the policy, this authorized appellant to make a…