Payne v. A. B. C. Truck Lines Inc.

Mrs. Leonora Payne sued Frank Broom and the A. B. C. Truck Lines Inc., for negligence alleged to have caused the death of her husband. She alleged that the driver of the company’s truck illegally parked it near the center line of Broad Street in Rome, Georgia, in violation of a valid ordinance of that city, and in violation of a penal law of this State as contained in the Code, § 68-314; and that as her husband attempted to pass another car at night he ran into the parked truck, and died shortly after the collision from the injuries received: The court sustained demurrers to the petition, and…