TRINITY UNIVERSAL INSURANCE CO. v. MOORE

No. 2011.

134 A.2d 333 (1957)

TRINITY UNIVERSAL INSURANCE CO., a corporation, Appellant, v. Richard Lawrence MOORE, Jr., Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided July 18, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond C. Kates, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Bond L. Holford, Washington, D. C., with whom Donald J. Caulfield, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee. P. Brice Horton, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges, and CAYTON (Chief Judge, Retired) sitting by designation under Code, § 11-776(b).


CAYTON, Acting Judge.

The question presented is whether an insurance company which paid an automobile property-damage claim to its insured, was entitled as subrogee to recover against the tort-feasor who was responsible for the damage.

Appellant insurance company, to whom we shall refer as Trinity, insured the automobile of Conley against property damage, the policy containing a $100 deductible clause. Later Conley was involved in a collision with Moore. This...

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