Resolute Insurance Co. v. Canadian Indemnity Co.

FRUGÉ, Judge ad hoc.

This suit was instituted by Resolute Insurance Company, the insurer of Lamon L. Moody, Jr., against the Canadian Indemnity Company, Los Angeles, California, the insurer of W. L. Morgan. As a result of the accident hereinafter described, Resolute Insurance Company, under the terms of its policy, compensated its insured, La-mon L. Moody, for the total loss of the insured’s automobile. Pursuant to a written act of subrogation, Resolute is conventionally and legally subrogated to the rights of Lamon L. Moody, Jr.

On the afternoon of January 29, 1955, Michael Moody, 19 years of…