MIDWEST MUT. INS. CO. v. AETNA CAS. & SUR. CO.

Record No. 750401.

223 S.E.2d 901 (1976)

MIDWEST MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY v. The AETNA CASUALTY AND SURETY COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

April 23, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Merrill Pasco, Douglas W. Davis, Richmond (E. Milton Farley, III, T. S. Ellis, III, Hunton, Williams, Gay & Gibson, Richmond, on briefs), for plaintiff in error.

Henry H. McVey, III, Richmond (McGuire, Woods & Battle, Richmond, on brief), for defendant in error.

Before I'ANSON, C. J., and CARRICO, HARRISON, COCHRAN, HARMAN, POFF and COMPTON, JJ.


COMPTON, Justice.

This controversy involves the right of contribution between two carriers providing uninsured motorist protection to the same insured.

Midwest Mutual Insurance Company, the plaintiff below, brought this action at law for $6,000 against The Aetna Casualty & Surety Company seeking to recover one-half the amount Midwest paid to settle the uninsured motorist claim of Stanley S. Winston, Sr. Aetna's demurrer was sustained by the trial court...

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