Mrs. Opal Daugherty Hancock, Deborah Hancock, Bettie Jean Hancock and Sandra Hancock v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

This diversity action was brought by appellants, citizens of Louisiana, against appellee, a corporation under the laws of the State of Illinois, to recover for the death of one and personal injuries to three of the occupants of an automobile being driven by Hallard B. Hancock, the insured in an Automobile Public Liability Policy. In a collision between his car and another in Lamar County, Mississippi, said Hancock was killed. This action was brought under the Louisiana Direct Action Statute. 1 The court below granted a motion to dismiss the action for failure to state a claim upon which…