Sears, Roebuck and Company v. Jones

HALE, Justice.

Appellee, Sam S. Jones, brought this action against Carl Anderson Truitt during his lifetime, and Sears, Roebuck & Company for damages, actual and exemplary, on account of personal injuries alleged to have resulted from a highway collision between two trucks. Appellee will hereafter be referred to sometimes as Jones, Carl Anderson Truitt will be referred to as Truitt, and Sears, Roebuck & Company as Sears. One of the trucks was being operated by Jones, and the other, owned by Sears, was being operated by Truitt, an employee of Sears. Truitt had been instructed to drive the truck…