Kenosha Auto Transport Corp. v. Lowe Seed Co.

MAJOR, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs, Kenosha Auto Transport Corporation, operator, and U.S.A.C. Transport, Inc., owner and lessor, of a freight carrying convoy, brought this action against defendants, Lowe Seed Company, owner of the truck, and Guy C. Covington, operator, for damages alleged to have been sustained by reason of defendants’ negligence in the operation of its truck. Defendants filed a counterclaim against plaintiffs, seeking damages alleged to have been sustained by reason of plaintiffs’ negligence.

The case was tried to a jury which rendered a verdict in favor of plaintiffs, with…