Yockey Trucking Co. v. Handy

The parties are here in reverse order of their appearance in the trial court. We will refer to the parties as they there appeared, or to Yockey Trucking Company, Inc., as Yockey, and to the driver of its truck as Bowker. Defendant in error will be referred to as plaintiff.

Plaintiff’s complaint was in two counts; the first to recover damages for the wrongful death of her husband, Ramon B. Handy, who was killed in an accident involving plaintiff’s Chevrolet Sedan and a cattle truck owned by defendant Yockey, and operated by its employe, Bowker; the second count was to recover damages to the…