RESIDENTIAL DEV. v. MERCHANTS INDEM. CO.

45304.

122 Ga. App. 503 (1970)

177 S.E.2d 715

RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS, INC. v. MERCHANTS INDEMNITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided September 8, 1970.

Rehearing Denied September 29, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Woodruff, Savell, Lane & Williams, Edward L. Savell, for appellant.

Henning, Chambers, Mabry & Crichton, G. Thomas Crichton, King & Spalding, Kirk McAlpin, N. Forrest Montet, Long, Wineberg, Ansley & Wheeler, Palmer H. Ansley, John E. Talmadge, for appellees.


JORDAN, Presiding Judge.

Antedating the 1959 amendment to the declaratory judgment statute and the more recent civil practice statute this court distinguished an action by an insurer to determine liability before defending an action against its alleged insured from one brought by the alleged insured, as follows: "In that type of case the insurance company is faced with the problem of spending money to defend an action which it could not recover if it were later found...

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