Barker v. Road Builders, Inc.

In this cause, Jones Barker and Ruby Barker, Individually, and doing’ business as Barker Ready Mix Concrete Company, sued Road Builders, Inc. and Oman Construction Company, Inc., in the Circuit Court of Hardin County, Tennessee, for damage to a ready mix concrete truck, amounting to more than $12,000.

At the end of plaintiffs’ proof, the trial judge.granted motions for directed verdicts in favor of both defendants and dismissed plaintiffs’ suit. After moving for a new trial, which was overruled, plaintiffs appealed in error ■to this court, where the sole question presented- for ad*519judication is…