HARDWARE MUTUAL CASUALTY COMPANY v. JONES

No. 9032.

330 F.2d 1014 (1964)

HARDWARE MUTUAL CASUALTY COMPANY, Appellant, v. Bewayne JONES and Louis Jones, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided April 21, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Preston P. Taylor, Norfolk, Va., and E. Ballard Baker, Richmond, Va. (Robert M. Furniss, Jr., Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellant.

J. Randolph Davis, Norfolk, Va. (Wilson L. Rivers, and Davis, Boyd & Beaman, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellees.

Before HAYNSWORTH and BOREMAN, Circuit Judges, and R. DORSEY WATKINS, District Judge.


HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judge.

Because the jury received less guidance from the Court than was needed to enable it to resolve the factual issues submitted to it, we conclude that a new trial is appropriate.

The question generally relates to the coverage of an automobile dealer's liability insurance policy on an automobile used by one of the dealer's employees, and the principal factual issue was whether or not the use was with the permission of the dealer. Some...

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