Evans v. FJ Boutell Driveaway Co., Inc.

Fitzgerald, J. F. J.

Boutell Driveaway Company, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as Boutell) is a Michigan corporation engaged in the business of transporting automobiles in interstate commerce as a common carrier by motor vehicle. The vehicles utilized are truck-tractors which fall into two categories: those owned by Boutell and driven by company employees, and those which are leased to Boutell from "owner-operators” pursuant to written lease-of-equipment agreements. This lawsuit stems from Boutell’s exercise of a 30-day cancellation clause contained in the year-to-year lease agreements with…