Frazier v. Sims Motor Transport Lines, Inc.

SWAIM, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court awarding the plaintiff, William A. Frazier, damages of $18,000.00 against the defendants, Sims Motor Transport Lines, Inc. and Modern Equipment Co., for permanent injuries suffered by the plaintiff in an accident in which his automobile, in which he was riding, was negligently struck and was knocked off the highway by the defendants’ truck tractor. At the time the tractor was not pulling a trailer.

The accident occurred on February 4, 1950, near Knox, Indiana. The plaintiff’s automobile at the time of the accident was…