HENKE v. IOWA HOME MUTUAL CASUALTY COMPANY

No. 49386.

87 N.W.2d 920 (1958)

E. W. HENKE, Administrator of the Estate of Richard Allen Townsend, Deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. IOWA HOME MUTUAL CASUALTY COMPANY, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 11, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larson & Carr, Charles City, for appellant.

Keith S. Noah, Charles City, for appellee.


LARSON, Justice.

The principal issue involved in this appeal is whether correspondence, reports and communications are confidential and privileged between an insurer and the attorney employed by it to defend an insured in litigation resulting from an automobile accident insofar as it pertains to that litigation.

Plaintiff brought an action at law asking damages against the defendant, an automobile liability insurance company, referred to herein as the insurer...

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