Hartley v. Red Ball Transit Co.

Defendant seeks to have reversed a judgment against it for $65,000 entered upon the verdict of a jury in an action wherein plaintiff seeks compensation for injuries received when she was struck by a motor truck alleged to have been owned and operated by defendant.

Defendant filed a plea of general issue and special pleas denying ownership, operation and control of the truck in question. It was conceded upon the trial that the defendant did not own the truck, so that the issue, aside from the question of the negligence of the respective parties causing the accident, was whether defendant…