Deban v. Continental Casualty Co.

This is an action of contract in which the plaintiff seeks to be indemnified, under a policy of insurance issued by the defendant, for loss sustained by him by reason of personal injuries received by Nora E. Cook while on the sidewalk adjacent to his premises. The plaintiff, believing he was liable, paid damages, together with expenses he had incurred, which were necessitated by the *413disclaimer of the defendant of liability and its failure to defend the action brought against him by Nora E. Cook. The defendant’s answer included a general denial; and on April 7, 1936, the defendant filed in…