Dixon Ex Rel. Estate of Dixon v. Weir Fuel Co.

Littlejohn, Justice.

In the early evening (after dark) of October 30, 1964, David Roberts and Pearl Dixon were killed when the automobile of Roberts, in which she as guest passenger and he as driver were riding, was in collision with a tractor-trailer truck operated by an agent or servant of Weir Fuel Company. For brevity we shall refer to these parties as Roberts, Dixon and Weir. The fatal collision occurred on U. S. Highway 21 about five miles north of Great Falls, South Carolina, at a combination filling station, restáurant and dance hall business known as Catawba Truck Stop. The highway in…