State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Rogers

Hall, Judge.

In special ground 1, the defendant complains of the admission in evidence of the petition upon which the plaintiff obtained default judgment against the insured, on the grounds that “the petitions and contents thereof” were prejudicial to him and not pertinent to the issues in the present case— the defendant’s liability for the judgment under its insurance contract. The plaintiff’s petition in the present case contains allegations that he filed suit against the insured on a certain date and obtained judgment by default on a certain date; and that plaintiff had notified the…