CAMPBELL v. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY CO. OF CHICAGO

No. 13711.

170 F.2d 669 (1948)

CAMPBELL v. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY CO. OF CHICAGO.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

November 16, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry A. Hall and Anthony P. Nugent, both of Kansas City, Mo., for appellant.

Harry P. Thomson, Jr., and Henry M. Shughart, both of Kansas City, Mo., for appellee.

Before THOMAS, JOHNSEN, and COLLET, Circuit Judges.


JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge.

The suit is one on a policy of liability insurance, to recover from the insurer the amount which the insured had been obliged to pay in satisfaction of a default judgment against him, obtained by a third party in state court, for damages from an automobile collision. The insured also sought to recover a penalty for vexatious delay and attorney's fees. The District Court, on a trial without a jury, gave judgment for the insurer, and the insured...

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