Legal Opinion

Garland P. Stout v. Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Company

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided August 14, 1962No. 8604PublishedCited by 67 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LARKINS, District Judge.

This is a controversy between an insurance carrier and its insured over the former’s contractual obligations to defend a tort action pending against the latter in a North Carolina State Court, and to pay any adverse judgment that may be rendered in that proceeding.

The plaintiff-insured Stout instituted this action under North Carolina General Statutes section 1-26 seeking a declaratory judgment holding defendant insurance company liable under a comprehensive dwelling policy issued to the plaintiff by defendant for the defense of the named insured and payment of any…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. QuarlesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1937
  2. Farm Bureau Mut. Automobile Ins. Co. v. HammerCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1949
  3. Maryland Casualty Co. v. Boyle Const. Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1941
  4. Employers Mut. Liability Ins. Co. Of Wisconsin v. HendrixCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1952
  5. State v. . SatterfieldSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1930

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3Cited by67 opinions

  1. Waste Management of Carolinas, Inc. v. Peerless InsuranceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1986
  2. Brohawn v. Transamerica InsuranceCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1975
  3. Nautilus Insurance v. Winchester Homes, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1994
  4. Preferred Risk Insurance v. GillOhio Supreme Court · 1987
  5. Allstate Insurance Company v. GreenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1987

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