HARTFORD ACCIDENT & INDEMNITY CO. v. COSBY

2 Div. 456.

173 So.2d 585 (1965)

HARTFORD ACCIDENT & INDEMNITY COMPANY v. C. Pierson COSBY.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied April 15, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry W. Gamble, J. E. Wilkinson, Jr., and Harry W. Gamble, Jr., Selma, for appellant.

W. McLean Pitts, Edgar A. Stewart and Philip Henry Pitts, Selma, for appellee.


HARWOOD, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment for the plaintiff rendered in what is commonly called an "excess judgment suit." The plaintiff below, who is the appellee here, was insured by the appellant, Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, for liability resulting from accidents. The amount of the policy was $25,000. The policy provided that the insurer would defend any suit against the insured seeking damages caused by accident, but that "the company may...

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