Van Hulle v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance

On the morning of January 22, 1965, while attempting to pass a truck, Barbara Lax was killed when her automobile struck another driven by Louis Golembeck. A declaratory judgment action in the circuit court of Rock Island County, to have a liability insurance policy which was issued in the name of deceased’s husband, Joseph, declared in force at the time of the accident, was instituted by Louis Golembeck and his passenger, Melvin Van Hulle. The trial court found that the State Farm insurance policy was not in force at the time of the accident, and plaintiffs appealed. Joseph Lax joined in the…