Hodges & Company v. Albrecht

BLOODWORTH, Justice.

This is a suit for damages for personal injury brought by plaintiff as the result of a collision between an automobile in which plaintiff was a passenger and a truck driven by defendant Billy Jack Ray. In addition to Ray, plaintiff joined as defendants J. B. Scott and Hodges & Company, Inc., alleging that at the time of the collision Ray was acting as the agent, servant or employee of both Scott and Hodges.

Following completion of plaintiff’s case, defendant Hodges requested the general affirmative charge with hypothesis on grounds that the evidence did not show defendant…