Norton v. Farmers Automobile Inter-Insurance Exchange

The plaintiff, Mrs. Frances M. Norton, obtained" a judgment for damages in the sum of $8,000 against Mrs. Mabel D. Lyon, on account of personal injuries sustained in an automobile collision between a ear driven by Mrs. Lyon and one in which Mrs. Norton was riding. Thereafter Mrs. Norton brought the present action against the defendant insurance company to recover the amount' of the judgment under a policy of insurance issued by said company to Mrs. Lyon’s father-in-law, W. P. Lyon, who from the date of the issuance of the policy until his death, which occurred six weeks prior to the accident,…