Cox v. Howard Hall Company

This is a suit by T. J. Cox against Howard Hall Company, Inc., Floyd Johnson and Robert H. Hayes to recover damages for personal injuries, property damage and loss of earnings which Cox alleged he sustained when a Ford truck which he was driving was hit from the rear by a large Dodge truck-tractor driven by Robert H. Hayes.

The defendants will usually be referred to hereinafter as Hall, Johnson and Hayes.

Liability was sought to be fixed on Hall and Johnson under the doctrine of respondeat superior.

*37At the conclusion of the evidence offered by the plaintiff and the defendants, the trial court…