Cook v. State Farm Mutual Insurance

Mrs. Virgil Cook filed her. declaration in the Circuit Court of Lamar County, Mississippi, alleging that her husband John R. Cook lost his life in an automobile accident which occurred on October 23, 1959, near Bogalusa, Louisiana. Her husband was a passenger in an automobile driven by Irvin Cook which collided with an automobile operated by Kennard McConnico, a citizen of the State of Texas. The defendant, State Farm Mutual Insurance Company, was the insurer of the -automobile operated by Irvin Cook, and the Allstate Insurance Company was the insurer of the car of McConnico. The plaintiff is…