Crum v. Anchor Casualty Co.

Knutson, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment entered in favor of plaintiffs on the issue of liability. The present action was brought to recover attorney’s fees, expenses, and an amount paid in settlement of a lawsuit which plaintiffs contend defendant was obligated to defend.

Prior to February 2, 1958, plaintiffs purchased from one William Heinsch certain real property used as an apartment house or rooming-house. While Heinsch was the owner, on January 14, 1956, defendant issued to him an owners’, landlords’, and tenants’ liability policy covering the period from January…