Matthews v. Allstate Insurance Company

WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge.

On March 21, 1959, plaintiff was the occupant of an automobile owned by her husband, Albert L. Matthews, which motor vehicle was insured by the defendant, Allstate Insurance Company, when the ear occupied by plaintiff was involved in an accident with an automobile driven by Richard Singleton and in which the owner, L. E. Manning, was riding at the time.

On April 6, 1959, plaintiff instituted an action in the Circuit Court of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, against Manning, Singleton, and E. H. Lawrence Motors, Inc., alleging damages in the sum of $10,000.…