Buchanan Contracting Company v. Denson

This is an appeal from a judgment in favor of appellee against appellant for damages for personal injuries resulting from a collision between a motorcycle on which appellee was riding and a truck belonging to appellant. This is the second appeal. The judgment on the first appeal was reversed because of the insufficiency of the complaint as against the asserted demurrer. Buchanan Contracting Co., Inc., v. Denson, 254 Ala. 55, 47 So.2d 171.

The basis of the claim, as disclosed by the evidence, seems to be that appellant through its general manager committed one of its trucks to the use of one…