State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Birmingham Elec. Co.

LAWSON, Justice.

The State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company issued a policy of liability insurance to the Elliott Grocery Company, of Bessemer, Alabama, covering certain motor vehicles owned by that company.

On or about April 16, 1945, one of the motor vehicles covered by that policy was involved in a collision at the intersection of Sixth Avenue, North, and Fourteenth Street in the city of Birmingham. It was being driven at the time by Porter Scott, a colored employee of Elliott Grocery Company.

The other -motor vehicle involved in the collision was owned by the Birmingham Electric…