FARMER v. FIDELITY & CASUALTY COMPANY OF NEW YORK

No. 7457.

249 F.2d 185 (1957)

Charlie Edward FARMER, Lucy Mae Hamlett, Evelyn Johnson, Grady Harris, Mary Jennings, Otis Hamlett, Ollie Pearl Brandon, an infant, Lena Mae Johnson, an infant, Robert Harris, an infant, Willie Jennings, an infant, and Lottie Pearl Hamlett, an infant, Appellants, v. The FIDELITY & CASUALTY COMPANY OF NEW YORK, a corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 18, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry H. Luck and Andrew C. Muse, Danville, Va. (Williams & Luck, Danville, Va., on the brief), for appellants.

Edwin B. Meade, Danville, Va. (Meade, Talbott & Tate, Danville, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before PARKER, Chief Judge, and SOBELOFF and HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judges.


SOBELOFF, Circuit Judge.

An interpretation of the omnibus clause of a public liability insurance policy is the object of a suit for declaratory judgment filed in the District Court for the Western District of Virginia by The Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York. Defendants are Moses Jeffreys, the automobile owner, who is named as the assured in the policy; his son, Walter, and his nephew, James Jeffreys. Joined with them as defendants are the plaintiffs in several...

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