Grbavach

The plaintiff herein recovered judgment against one Reed for personal injuries alleged to have been suffered while the plaintiff was being conveyed as a passenger in an automobile operated by the said Reed. Reed carried insurance protection by policy issued by the defendant Pacific Coast Casualty Company. By the terms of that policy the insurance company agreed that its liability thereunder would inure to the benefit of any person who recovered judgment against the insured. Taking advantage of that condition, plaintiff, after securing judgment against Reed, brought this action against defendant Pacific Coast Casualty Company and joined defendant Casualty Company of America because of the fact that the latter company had entered into a certain reinsurance agreement with the defendant first named. The Casualty Company of America disclaimed any liability to the plaintiff here and appeals from the judgment entered against it.

It is insisted that in the complaint of plaintiff no cause of action was stated as against the appellant, and, further, that the evidence was insufficient to show that any liability had accrued under the alleged reinsurance agreement. It requires, indeed, a most…