Heape v. Bituminous Casualty Co.

The present cause originated in the Circuit Court of Perry County as the result of a declaratory judgment action which sought a decree that a certain motor vehicle liability insurance policy written by Bituminous Casualty Company covers plaintiff, Loren Heape, with respect to injuries which occurred while he was engaged in pushing mats into position to be loaded upon a truck upon which the liability insurance was carried.

The facts disclosed that one Emery Huggins, one of the defendants in the declaratory judgment action, filed a complaint for damages against United Electric Coal Company,…