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HANCOCK v. MORRIS

No. 2803.

173 A.2d 922 (1961)

Hugh M. HANCOCK and Government Employees Insurance Company, a corporation, Appellants, v. Clifton Lenon MORRIS, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided September 25, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George H. Eggers, Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Laurence T. Scott, Washington, D. C., with whom Albert D. Brault, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellee.

Before HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges, and SMITH, Chief Judge of The Municipal Court for the District of Columbia, sitting by designation.

QUINN, Associate Judge.

Hancock's automobile was negligently struck and damaged by Morris's automobile while the latter was being operated by one Pearsall.1 Morris was not present at the collision but in the resulting suit for compensation by Hancock and his insurance carrier, he was joined as party defendant by virtue of Code 1951, 40-424 (Supp. VIII), which provides:

"Whenever any motor vehicle, after the passage of this chapter...

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