McFadden v. Pennzoil Company

Per Curiam,

Appellee brought this action to recover damages for injuries suffered in alighting from appellant’s motor truck, alleging that the negligence of the driver as ap pellant’s servant was the proximate cause of the accident. Ownership of the truck was admitted, but appellant asserted that at the time of the accident the driver was the servant of an independent contractor; Arthur G. McKee & Company, and that the truck was then in the latter’s exclusive control. It was also contended that appellee was a trespasser on the vehicle. At the trial it appeared that appellant had entered into a…