Hunt v. Richardson
| Citation | 212 N.C. 28,192 S.E. 843 |
| Decision Date | 22 September 1937 |
| Docket Number | No. 91.,91. |
| Court | North Carolina Supreme Court |
| Parties | HUNT. v. RICHARDSON et al. |
Appeal from Superior Court, Buncombe County; H. Hoyle Sink, Judge.
Action by Homer Hunt against R. H. Richardson and another. Judgment in superior court for the Maryland Casualty Company reversing judgment in general county court, and plaintiff appeals.
Affirmed.
Oscar Stanton and J. M. Horner, Jr., both of Asheville, for appellant.
Adams & Adams, of Asheville, for appellee.
This was a civil action originally instituted in the general county court of Buncombe county by the plaintiff against R. H. Richardson and the Maryland Casualty Company, but the said Richardson was never brought into court by service of process. The action was instituted upon a policy of liability insurance issued by the Maryland Casualty Company to the Biltmore Wheat Hearts Corporation and/or Frank Coxe, upon a Ford Tudor Sedan 1932 automobile, containing an extension coverage clause as follows: * * *"
It appeared by evidence or admission that the plaintiff was injured by the automobile mentioned in the policy when operated by R. H. Richardson, with permission of Frank Coxe, the named assured, and that plaintiff had recovered judgment for $1,500 for his injuries in another action against Richardson, and that Richardson had failed to pay said judgment, and that demand had been made upon the Maryland Casualty Company to pay said judgment, and it had refused so to do.
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