LATHAM v. MOUNTAIN STATES MUTUAL CASUALTY CO.

No. 15892.

482 S.W.2d 655 (1972)

Sarah LATHAM, et vir, et al., Appellants, v. MOUNTAIN STATES MUTUAL CASUALTY COMPANY, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Houston (1st Dist.).

Rehearing Denied July 13, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Green & Richardson, Texas City, John D. Richardson, Texas City, of counsel, for appellants.

James R. Roos, Houston, Painter & Painter, Houston, of counsel, for appellee.


COLEMAN, Justice.

This is an appeal from a summary judgment granted in a suit for damages brought under the uninsured motorist provisions of an insurance policy. The decisive question on this appeal concerns the proper interpretation of the "hit-and-run automobile" coverage included in the uninsured motorist provisions of the policy.

The plaintiffs in the trial court, Sarah Latham and Nora Carter, alleged that while their car was stopped in a line of traffic...

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