United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. State

Claimant, United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, A Corporation, is the subrogee of its insured, John Kavanaugh, Dixon Illinois, by virtue of its net payment in the amount of $559.50 under a collision insurance policy covering a 1952 Buick four-door sedan, which was damaged beyond repair on September 17, 1957, while being driven by one Wesley Washington, an escaped inmate from the Dixon State School, who had stolen the automobile parked in the driveway of the Kavanaugh home.

The claim is predicated upon Chap. 23, Sec. 4041 (formerly Sec. 372a), Ill. Rev. Stats., as interpreted by the…