Jordan v. Standard Mutual Insurance

This is an appeal from a judgment against the defendant insurance company for $10,000, the limit of its policy, plus interest and costs, and a judgment denying the prayer of its third-party complaint.

This grew out of prior suit in which Gerald Jordan, a. minor, by his brother as next friend, had obtained a judgment for $15,000 against the estate of his deceased father. His mother was the nominal defendant, as administrator, and the deceased was the named insured in a policy issued by defendant.

There was a two-car collision in which Eichard Jordan was the driver of one and his son was a guest…