Jackson v. Wayne Circuit Judge

On January 12, 1948, Nicholas T. Jackson and his wife, Rose Jackson, while in a car owned by Mr. Jackson, met with an accident through the alleged negligence of the city of Detroit department of street railways. The Transcontinental Insurance Company, a New York corporation, paid for the damages to the car, less $25, or $410.34. Two suits were simultaneously brought against the city, one by Mrs. Jackson and the other by Mr. Jackson, in which the insurance company, as assignee pro tanto and subrogee, was joined as a party plaintiff. The declarations in the 2 eases were very similar. Mrs.…