Sommer v. State

In case No. 4338, the claimants are Alvin Friederich, his wife, Ethel, his minor children, James and Carol Jean, his brother-in-law, Vernon Middendorf, and his wife, Delores. The State Farm Mutual Auto Insurance Company of Bloomington, Illinois is a claimant, as subrogee to Alvin Friederich.

Shortly after midnight on May 31, 1950, the claimants were riding in a 1946 Model Chevrolet Tudor Sedan driven by Alvin Friederich. They were returning to Mascoutah, Illinois from a church picnic at St. Libory on a State Highway marked Routes Nos. 43 and 460. At a point approximately three and one-half…