Stephenson v. Phoenix Wood & Coal Co.

This case involves separate appeals by two groups of defendants from a judgment in favor of plaintiffs who were injured in a collision between a station wagon, in which they were riding as passengers for hire, and a semi-truck and trailer, owned by R. M. Dunlap, R. G. Baker and M. F. Greaves, being operated with their consent by the Phoenix Wood and Coal Company through Jake Kelly, its employee.

The station wagon was owned by Clarence Harlow and Emily Harlow doing business under the name of the Mission Limousine Service. It was a common carrier and was being driven by Levi Chestnut, an…