Cleaveland v. Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co.

A collision occurred between automobiles driven and owned by Frederick H. Thompson and Robert E. Cleaveland, respectively, at a place where it was claimed that a truck owned by the C. & P. Telephone Company partially blocked the highway. Thompson and his wife were seriously injured, and his car was damaged. Thompson’s insurer, Interstate Insurance Company, paid his repair bill of $906.50, less the sum of $50.00, deductible under his collision policy.

Thompson and Interstate, as subrogee and use plaintiff, then sued Cleaveland. Cleaveland filed general issue pleas and filed a third party…