Potomac Insurance v. Stanley

MERCER, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Potomac Insurance Company, filed its suit in the district court for a declaratory judgment that it was not liable to any of the defendants upon its policy of liability insurance issued ta the defendant, N. James Stanley.

Plaintiff, through its insurance agent at Indianapolis, Indiana, issued its policy of automobile liability insurance to Stanley, an Indianapolis resident, effective February 19, 1957. Among other provisions, that policy contained a standard clause requiring the cooperation of the insured in the defense of any claim or suit which might lead to…