Patton v. Patton

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Jones,

John D. Patton (Patton), is the named insured in an automobile liability policy issued by State Farm Mutual Automobile Company (State Farm), the garnishee in both these proceedings. Patton’s automobile, then being operated by George Derr (Derr), with Patton’s permission, was involved in a collision with another motor vehicle and at the time, Patton’s wife, Esther Patton, and Derr’s wife, Mary Derr, passengers in the Patton automobile, sustained personal injuries.

Esther Patton and Mary Derr instituted separate trespass actions in the Court of Common Pleas of…