Supreme Court of New Hampshire August 16, 1985, No. 84-395 (Jackson v. Federal Insurance)

King, C.J.

This appeal from a declaratory judgment (RSA 491:22) involves questions of an insurer’s duty to defend an insured *231under a homeowner’s policy. The insured, Patrick Jackson, filed a declaratory judgment action against the insurers, Federal Insurance Company (Federal) and Merrimack Mutual Fire Insurance Company (Merrimack), requesting that they defend him against a suit alleging