Maager v. Hoye

GILLIAM, District Judge.

Plaintiff, a minor resident of the State <of Wisconsin serving in the United 'States Navy and stationed at Portsmouth, Virginia, rode as a passenger in an automobile owned and operated by the defendant, a Virginia resident. By reason of defendant's negligence, a collision occurred in North Carolina and plaintiff was injured. Plaintiff agreed with the adjuster for defendant’s insurance company to settle the claim. Thereupon, suit was brought in the Circuit Court of the City of Norfolk, Virginia, a court of general jurisdiction, by plaintiff acting through a next friend,…