OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HORACE STERN, June 4, 1954:
The question is whether there was any duty on the part of the defendant, Maryland Casualty Company, to defend an action for damages brought by one John A. Lees against the plaintiff, John Wilson, who was insured by the Company against liability for accidents.
In the Company's policy it agreed "To pay on behalf of the insured all sums which the insured shall become obligated to pay by reason of the liability...
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