Federal Mutual Insurance Company v. Deal

FIELD, Chief Judge.

Findings of Fact

1. Plaintiff, Federal Mutual Insurance Company, is an Illinois corporation authorized to do business in the State of West Virginia.

2. Susie Deal is a citizen and resident of West Virginia and is the duly qualified administratrix of the estate of Verla Gertrude Belcher, deceased.

3. Douglas E. Hayes at the time of the filing of the complaint herein was a citizen and resident of West Virginia.

4. Eugene E. Lewis of Whitesville, West Virginia, was in the spring of 1962 the operator of a gasoline station and a part-time agent for the plaintiff, having been such an…