Comer v. Travelers Ins. Co.

FOURNET, Justice.

Robert W. Comer and his wife, Mrs. Essie Christine Hicks Comer, whose 17 month old daughter Dora Jane was fatally injured when she was struck by the automobile owned and driven by her uncle, Rev. Van M. Dykes, instituted this suit under the provisions of Act No. 55 of 1930 to recover damages in the sum of $15,000 each from the insurer of the automobile, the Travelers Insurance Company. The matter is now before us on a writ of certiorari granted the plaintiffs for a review of the judgment of the Court of Appeal for the First Circuit affirming the judgment of the district court…