Larkin v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

TATE, Judge.

At daylight, on May 27, 1954, a car was discovered upside down in a canal alongside the Airline Highway near Sorrento, with only the wheels sticking out of the water. When the car was pulled from the canal, *95the bodies of two men were discovered in the car, identified as those of Carl Swilley and Ray Draper. The car belonged to Carl Swilley, to whom defendant insurer had issued an automobile liability policy.

This damage suit is by Draper’s widow by a second marriage, and also by his children by his first marriage appearing herein through their mother, now remarried (Mrs. Larkin).…