CITY OF POPLAR BLUFF v. NEW AMSTERDAM CASUALTY CO.

No. 18695.

386 F.2d 172 (1967)

The CITY OF POPLAR BLUFF, Appellant, v. NEW AMSTERDAM CASUALTY CO., Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

November 28, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ted M. Henson, Jr., City Atty., Poplar Bluff, Mo., for appellant.

Bernard C. Rice, of Blanton, Blanton & Rice, Sikeston, Mo., for appellee.

Before MEHAFFY and GIBSON, Circuit Judges, and STEPHENSON, District Judge.


MEHAFFY, Circuit Judge.

The City of Poplar Bluff, Missouri was sued in state court in a wrongful death action growing out of the alleged negligence of two of its street department employees. The City made demand upon appellee, New Amsterdam Casualty Co., to defend the suit and to indemnify the City for any judgment resulting therefrom. New Amsterdam refused and brought a declaratory judgment action in the United States District...

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