Proctor v. R. T. Herrin Petroleum Transport Co.

COLLINGS, Justice.

Laura Proctor, a widow, brought this suit against R. T. Herrin Petroleum Transport Company and its truck driver, Curtis Cleven Barron, for damages sustained as a result of the death of her son, Orval H. Proctor. Plaintiff alleged that the death of her son and the resulting damages to her were proximately caused by specific acts of negligence on the part of the truck driver, Curtis Cleven Barron, acting in the course of his employment by the defendant transport company. Plaintiff also sought to recover upon the doctrine of discovered peril. The defendants answered with pleas…