Aetna Casualty Co. v. Lee

Plaintiff, an insurance company, issued a policy of collision insurance to one, Carl S. Kennedy. This policy provided that in the event of damages to Kennedy’s car by collision the company would pay to him the amount of such damage. When Kennedy’s automobile was damaged as a result of a collision with the automobile, owned, and driyen by defendant, plaintiff company paid to Kennedy the amount of his loss, $175, and, after being subrogated to all of Kennedy’s rights against Lee, filed this suit to recover from Lee, the amount which it had paid to Kennedy.

The accident occurred on the corner of…