Young v. Travelers Ins. Co.

HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.

The suit was for a declaratory judgment, that the insurer was not obligated to defend suits under or liable on, a policy of automobile insurance it had issued to one Roy Young as insured. Appellee was the plaintiff. The defendants were the insured and one Brand, who had sued Young for damages growing out of an alleged collision between Young’s auto*878mobile and Brand’s motorcycle on January 20, 1940.

The claim was that though obligated by Clause 6, the Notice of Accident Clause,1 to give written notice to the company “as soon as practicable”, upon the occurrence of an…