Buckhead Glass Co. v. Taylor

Almand, Chief Justice:

Mary Taylor, in her complaint filed in January, 1967, sought to recover damages for alleged personal injuries arising out of a collision between a bus of the defendant Atlanta Transit Company in which she was a passenger, and a truck of the Buckhead Glass Company, also a defendant. She subsequently dismissed the Atlanta Transit Company as'a party defendant.

Among the allegations of negligence as to the remaining defendant was that in operating its pick-up truck “the same not being equipped with brakes adequate to control the movement of and to stop and hold such vehicle…