LITITZ MUT. INS. CO. v. BRANCH

No. 38830.

561 S.W.2d 371 (1977)

The LITITZ MUTUAL INSURANCE CO., a corp., Respondent, v. Amy Lea BRANCH, Richard Leo Branch, and A. W. Kable and Maureen F. Kable, his wife, Appellants.

Missouri Court of Appeals, St. Louis District, Division 1.

Motion for Rehearing and/or Transfer Denied January 18, 1978.

Application to Transfer Denied March 13, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baer, Hines & Thomas, Richard C. Thomas, Columbia, Van Matre & Van Matre, Everett S. Van Matre, Mexico, for appellants.

Edwards, Seigfreid, Runge & Leonatti, P/C Jerome W. Seigfreid, Louis J. Leonatti, Mexico, for respondent.


SMITH, Judge.

Defendants appeal from a declaratory judgment entered by the trial court determining that a homeowner's policy issued by plaintiff insurance company does not obligate plaintiff to defend the Kables in a lawsuit brought by defendants Branch for injuries sustained by Amy Lea Branch when she was bitten by a dog owned by the Kables.

The dog involved was an eight year old male Weimaraner named Baron. On June 16, 1974, Baron bit a neighbor boy, Virgil...

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