State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Thomas

SWOFFORD, Presiding Judge.

In this action the respondent (State Farm) sought a declaratory judgment to the effect that a certain automobile liability policy of insurance did not impose upon it any duty or obligation to appellants. The matter was submitted to the court upon a stipulation of facts and the briefs of the parties, and, upon motion by State Farm, a summary declaratory judgment and decree was entered in its favor. The appellants thereupon appealed.

The undisputed facts disclose the following:

On May 15, 1971, Steve Thomas, then 20 years of age, drove a 1966 Chevrolet automobile owned…