PETITPAS v. MERCHANTS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY

No. 205-Appeal.

238 A.2d 750 (1968)

Maurice PETITPAS v. MERCHANTS MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Court of Rhode Island.

February 26, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abedon, Michaelson, Stanzler and Biener, Richard S. Mittleman, of counsel, (for plaintiff-appellee).

Martin M. Zucker, (for defendant-appellant).


OPINION

JOSLIN, J.

This is an action of trespass on the case for negligence to recover damages for injuries sustained in an automobile accident. It was brought under G.L. 1956, § 27-7-2. That section permits an injured party to proceed directly against an insurer writing a property damage or personal injury liability policy if the process which originally issued against the insured has been returned "non est inventus" by the officer charged with its...

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