Galemore Motor Co. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.

STONE, Judge.

In this “Action on Account," plaintiff Galemore Motors, Inc., initially sought judgment against defendant State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (State Farm) or, “in the alternative,” against defendant Jerry Householder in the sum of $750 for the alleged rental of a 1969 Plymouth automobile for fifty days at $15 per day. Upon trial by jury, defendant State Farm elected to stand on its separate motion for a directed verdict at the close of plaintiff’s case. After defendant Householder’s similar motion for a directed verdict at that stage of the case had been denied, he…