Race v. Hay

GRANT, District Judge.

This is an action brought for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff on April 2, 1958, when the tractor-trailer unit which he was operating was struck by an ambulance owned by the defendant, Forest G. Hay, and being operated by Hay’s co-defendant and employee, Andrew H. Eblen, near LaPaz, Indiana.

The matter presently before this Court is the defendant’s Motion under Rule 17 (a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, 28 U.S.C.A., to join the Exchange Casualty and Surety Company, against which, it is asserted by the defendants, the plaintiff…