Nix v. Jordan

PALMORE, Justice.

Mary K. Jordan was injured in a collision between an automobile driven by her husband, Orval Jordan, in which she was a passenger, and an automobile owned by Robert Nix and driven by his son, Robert, Jr., within the family purpose doctrine. In this action Mrs. Jordan sued the Nixes but did not assert a claim against her husband. The Nixes, however, brought a third-party complaint against Orval Jordan demanding, among other things, “contribution in the amount of one-half of any judgment which may be rendered in favor of the Plaintiff against these Defendants and Third Party…