WILSON v. AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY


209 A.2d 902 (1965)

Craig WILSON and Tracy Wilson, Minors, by their next friend, James H. Wilson, and James H. Wilson, Ind., and Rosita Wilson, Plaintiffs Below, Appellants, v. The AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, a corporation of the State of New Jersey, Defendant Below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

April 21, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. James Conaway, Jr., and William F. Taylor, of Morford, Young & Conaway, Wilmington, for plaintiffs below, appellants.

William Prickett, Jr., and Roger Sanders, of Prickett & Prickett, Wilmington, for defendant below, appellee.

WOLCOTT, C. J., and CAREY and HERRMANN, JJ., sitting.


HERRMANN, Justice:

The ultimate question before us is whether the defendant insurance company is estopped to deny coverage under a certain automobile liability insurance policy.

The facts viewed in the light most favorable to the plaintiffs are these:

In December 1959, a policy of automobile liability insurance was issued by the defendant company to Leroy Gomeringer of Pedricktown, New Jersey, through the company's local authorized agent, Rolland S...

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