Scudamore v. Horton

EDWARD P. HILL, Judge.

Appellant Earl Scudamore, doing business under the trade name Superior Acid and Cementing Company, appeals from a judgment for $20,000 rendered in favor of appellee Paul W. Horton after a verdict by an advisory jury in Horton’s suit for personal injuries he claims to have sustained when appellant’s truck failed to ascend a hill, rolled back down the same, and injured appellee.

Joined as a party defendant was Wallace G. Moody and his Somerset Machine Shop on the theory that Moody did certain un-workmanlike repairs on the truck involved that caused or contributed to failure…