Brown v. Hudson

This suit was instituted by Mrs. Morene Brown, the widow of Jesse Martin Brown, Deceased, against Herman Hudson and James C. Hows, Jr., partners, doing business as Tom Hudson Company.

The plaintiff’s husband was employed by Commerce Construction Company in constructing the Meigs School in Nashville, Tennessee. The defendants were subcontractors of the Commerce Construction Company. The defendants furnished Commerce Construction Company a dump truck to be used to remove debris and trash from the project. It was alleged in the declaration the dump truck was in a defective and dangerous…