WATSON v. UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY CO.

No. 25135.

427 F.2d 1355 (1970)

Mark WATSON, Charles W. Watson and Norma L. Watson, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY COMPANY, a Maryland corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

June 4, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie T. Bennett (argued) of Bennett, Ornelles & Carroll, Honolulu, Hawaii, for defendant-appellant.

Charles B. Dwight, III (argued) of Ashford & Wriston, Honolulu, Hawaii, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before JERTBERG, BROWING, and HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Plaintiffs, citizens of Hawaii, brought this diversity action seeking a declaratory judgment reforming an insurance policy issued by defendant, a Maryland corporation. The district court granted the relief sought. We reverse.

Plaintiff Charles and Norma Watson asked the Dillingham Company, Ltd., a Hawaiian insurance agency, to write an automobile insurance policy covering use by their minor son Mark (also a plaintiff) of a 1965 Volkswagen automobile...

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