Stevens v. Deaton Truck Line, Inc.

LAWSON, Justice.

This is a suit by Freeman Stevens, a minor, who sued by his next friend, Grady Stevens, Sr., against Deaton Truck Line, a corporation, and Walter Roberts to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the said minor when an automobile in which he was riding as a passenger collided with a motor vehicle driven by Walter Roberts. Liability was sought to be fixed on Deaton Truck Line, a corporation, hereafter referred to as Deaton, under the doctrine of respondeat superior.

At the conclusion of the evidence offered by the plaintiff and both defendants, the trial court…