RIVER VALLEY CARTAGE CO. v. HAWKEYE-SECURITY INS. CO.

No. 35103.

17 Ill.2d 242 (1959)

161 N.E.2d 101

RIVER VALLEY CARTAGE COMPANY, INC., Appellant, v. HAWKEYE-SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 24, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

JAMES A. DOOLEY, of Chicago, for appellant.

PAUL A. LA ROCQUE, HERBERT D. JONES, and EDWARD WOLFE, all of Chicago, for appellee.


Affirmed in part and reversed in part and remanded.

Mr. JUSTICE SCHAEFER delivered the opinion of the court:

We granted leave to appeal in this case to determine the extent and the duration of an insurance company's liability for interest on a judgment against its insured.

On May 13, 1955, Velma Sawyer obtained a judgment for $175,000 in a personal injury action against the River Valley Cartage Co. Hawkeye-Security Insurance Co. had insured the cartage...

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