Buchanan Contracting Co. v. Denson

SIMPSON, Justice.

Appellee recovered damages against the appellant corporation for personal injuries and property damage received when his motorcycle, on which he was riding, was in collision with a truck of defendant driven by an intoxicated Negro man.

The theory, as disclosed by the evidence,, on which recovery was sought is that the appellant, through its general manager, negligently entrusted the motor vehicle to an employee, its night watchman, who was claimed to be so heavily intoxicated from' drink that he was an incompetent driver,, which condition was known to the said general manager;…