Tannahill v. Depositors Oil & Gas Co.

The opinion of the court .was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This was an action for damages caused through the operation of a defective and dangerous automobile.

The defendant corporations were engaged in gas and oil development in Woodson county. In this work they employed a number of men, and used a number of automobiles, one of which was a Ford car which was out of repair. Its front' axle and radius rods were bent so that it could not be controlled. While in this defective condition the car continued to be used by the employees of defendants for some time, until one morning in April, Í919, some of…