PAN AMERICAN INSURANCE CO. v. COOPER BUTANE CO.

No. A-5961.

300 S.W.2d 651 (1957)

PAN AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, Petitioner, v. COOPER BUTANE COMPANY et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

April 3, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allen Clark, Greenvill, Graves, Dougherty & Greenhill, Austin, for petitioner.

B. Truman Ratliff, Cooper, Hardy Moore, Paris, McKinney & McKinney, Cooper, for respondents.


CALVERT, Justice.

This is a suit by Pan American Insurance Company, petitioner, for a declaratory judgment. Its purpose is to establish that a policy of insurance sold and issued to respondent, Cooper Butane Company, does not obligate petitioner to pay a judgment for damages if one is obtained against Cooper Butane Company by the other respondents who are the statutory wrongful death beneficiaries of Carolyn Ann McCombs and Elmer McCombs, both deceased.

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