Race v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance

GRUBB, District Judge.

This action was started in the Circuit Court for Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. The plaintiffs, Howard and Elsie Race, are husband and wife, and the plaintiff, Dennis Race, is their minor son. The plaintiffs, Elsie and Dennis Race, were involved in an automobile accident with defendant, Robert C. Connelly. The accident occurred on April 17, 1957, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. All plaintiffs are Wisconsin residents while the defendant, Robert C. Connelly, is a Rhode Island resident, and his insurer and co-defendant, Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, is an Ohio corporation.

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