COSTA v. ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE INS. CO.

Docket No. 21558.

228 Cal.App.2d 651 (1964)

39 Cal. Rptr. 774

WILLIAM J. COSTA et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

July 24, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hawkins & Hawkins and Herbert G. Hawkins for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

James P. Shovlin, Jr., Leighton Hatch, Marquart & Jackson and J.F. Vokoun, Jr., for Defendants and Respondents.


DRAPER, P.J.

This appeal involves the difficult task of construing the uninsured motorist act (Ins. Code, § 11580.2), as it stood (Stats. 1959, ch. 817, p. 2835) before the extensive amendments of 1961 and 1963.

Each of the plaintiffs, Costa and Leckie, lived in the home of his parents. Each father owned an automobile. Each car was registered in the father's name, and each father carried liability insurance with one of defendant companies. Each policy...

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