Townsend v. Peerless Insurance

ELLIS, Judge.

Mrs. Mamie A. Townsend filed suit against the defendant for damages as the result of alleged personal injuries sustained in an automobile accident on July 31st, 1961 when she was riding as guest passenger in an automobile allegedly owned by James (Jimmie) Rollinson and being driven at the time by her husband, J. Z. Townsend, who intervened to recover medical expenses and loss of wages for his wife.

The allegations of plaintiff’s petition which are directly at issue on the question now before the court are, in effect, that on the date of the accident the defendant insurance company…