Legal Opinion

Donaldson v. Farm Bureau Mutual Automobile Insurance

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 7, 1940No. Appeal, 20PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Stern,

This case arises out of what was virtually a head-on collision between two automobiles just outside of Washington, Pa. The one car was driven by J. Walter Barnes, his guest riders being his son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. J. Walter Barnes, Jr., their two minor children, and Alice S. Donaldson, the mother of Mrs. J. Walter Barnes, Jr. In the other car were Henry P. Merritt and Charles Washington. Merritt, Washington and the occupants of the Barnes car all brought suits against Barnes, recovered verdicts and judgments, and issued writs of attachment execution…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Conroy v. Commercial Cas. Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
  2. Cameron v. BergerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
  3. Graham v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932

3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Meyers v. SmithSupreme Court of Missouri · 1964
  2. Ehrlich v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1946
  3. Jennison v. AACHERSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  4. Leach v. Farmer's Automobile Interinsurance ExchangeIdaho Supreme Court · 1950
  5. State Farm Mut. Automobile Ins. Co. v. KovalCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1944

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