Financial Indemnity Co. v. Murphy

The principal question is, which of two insurance companies is liable for damages resulting from a collision of vehicles; and there is a subordinate question of the damages covered. Each of the insurance companies which are parties to the ease believes that the party claiming to have been insured, Vernice Murphy, was probably insured, but by the other carrier.

Facts

In May 1959, Mrs. Murphy, a resident of Paradise, Butte County, signed an application for a public liability and property damage policy, which contained a $2,000 medical payments indemnity for the insured’s family, with Nugent, the…