Shoffner v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

OPINION

McCanless, justice.

The plaintiffs instituted suit in the Circuit Court of Knox County for a breach of an insurance contract. From an adverse decision in the trial court, the defendant, State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, appeals to this Court directly since all facts were stipulated below.

On February 26, 1969, the plaintiff, Nila E. Shoffner, was riding as a guest passenger in an automobile owned and operated by Marie Ousley, which was involved in a three vehicle accident in Union County, Tennessee. The accident involved the Ousley vehicle; a vehicle owned and operated by…