Moak v. American Automobile Insurance Company

HAMITER, Justice.

Mrs. Clemmie Moak instituted the instant suit to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by her in a collision between an automobile owned and driven by her husband (Clarence Moak), in which she was a passenger, and a train belonging to and operated by the Illinois Central Railroad Company, one of the defendants herein. Also named and cited as a defendant was the American Automobile Insurance Company, the insurer of the husband’s car.

In her original petition plaintiff alleged primarily that the accident resulted solely from the gross negligence of the railroad…