(DOWNLOAD) "Nichols v. Hawkeye Cas. Co." by Supreme Court Of Iowa. * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Nichols v. Hawkeye Cas. Co.
- Author : Supreme Court Of Iowa.
- Release Date : January 27, 1943
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 56 KB
Description
In this suit upon an automobile accident policy it was admitted that the defendant issued the policy to the plaintiff, obligating the defendant to pay plaintiff's liability for damages because of the operation of a certain Plymouth automobile. It is also admitted that one Sydney Dinges recovered a judgment for $1,000 against plaintiff for injuries sustained when the car ran over his foot. Plaintiff sought recovery of $1,000, the amount of the Dinges judgment, $800 attorney's-fee expenses incurred by the plaintiff in defending the Dinges suit, and $200 additional expenses in connection with the defense of the suit. Defendant denied that it was chargeable for the expense items and alleged it was not liable for the amount of the $1,000 judgment because at the time of the accident to Dinges, and immediately before and thereafter, the plaintiff was ""using said automobile for business or commercial purposes, and that said automobile at the time and immediately before and immediately thereafter was not being used as a pleasure and family business automobile,"" within the terms of the policy. A jury being waived, trial was had to the court, which rendered judgment in favor of the plaintiff for the full amount of the Dinges judgment and $500 attorney's-fee expenses.