Gibbs v. Young

Bussey, Justice.

The plaintiff, respondent here, is a resident of California and commenced this action in the Court of Common Pleas for Chesterfield County to recover for personal injuries sustained in an automobile-truck collision near Athens, in the State of Georgia, in July 1960. The defendant Young, a resident of Anderson County, South Carolina, was the driver of the truck involved, which was owned by the defendant Bowman Transportation, Inc., an Alabama corporation, licensed to operate through Chesterfield County. The defendant Young was admittedly the agent of the defendant Bowman at the…