Hazel Adkins and Howard Adkins v. Richard L. Pierson

Two actions were filed in the District Court arising out of an automobile collision on December 16, 1961, at 9:30 p. m. on U. S. 24, Monroe County, Michigan, between a vehicle owned and operated by Richard L. Pierson, hereinafter referred to as Appellee, and a vehicle in which Hazel and Howard Adkins, hereinafter referred to as Appellants, were passengers. The vehicle, in which the Appellants were passengers in the rear seat, was struck from the rear after it had become disabled upon the highway and was not in motion and was without lights or other illumination.

In Civil Action No. 23,309,…