Cherry v. Floyd

Defendant below, William B. Cherry, has perfected his appeal in error from a verdict and judgment in favor of the plaintiff, Ira Floyd.

This lawsuit arose as result of an automobile-truck collision on New Highway 20 in Crockett County, Tennessee. The record establishes that the defendant was in the process of moving certain sawmill equipment in three trucks and a pickup truck. These vehicles were traveling eastwardly on the highway approximately three hundred feet apart when the foremost truck became disabled. The trucks then stopped one behind the other on the highway with the exception of…