Cornwell v. Highway Motor Freight Line, Inc.

Action for $50,000 damages for personal injuries. Plaintiff was injured in a collision between an automobile operated by him and a motor truck, tractor and trailer, driven by defendant Lancaster in the opposite direction upon the highway. Lancaster was an employee of the defendant Highway Motor Freight Line, Inc. The jury returned a verdict for defendants, upon which judgment was entered, and plaintiff has appealed.

The amended petition upon which the cause was tried contained five assignments of defendants' negligence, but the cause was submitted to the jury upon an instruction authorizing…