Lahti v. Southwestern Automobile Insurance

Action to recover indemnity under a policy of automobile liability insurance.

The policy which was issued by defendant company in the sum of $5,000 covered a Chevrolet sedanette automobile of which one Margaret McMenamin was the owner and the assured named in the policy. Thereafter, and when the policy was in full force and effect, William McMenamin, her husband, while driving the automobile with the knowledge and consent of his wife, struck and injured the plaintiff, who brought suit against William McMenamin and recovered judgment in a sum in excess of $16,000. Margaret Mc-Menamin was not…