Metcalf v. Bingaman

HALLEY, Justice.

Parties will be referred to according to their positions in the trial court.

On August 8, 1950, Thurman Dulaney was a salesman for the plaintiff. While driving an automobile on that date near Altus, Oklahoma, the car collided with a bridge abutment and was badly wrecked. In the automobile were certain articles of personal property belonging to the plaintiff. A short time after the collision between car and bridge, the automobile was being towed into Altus by the defendant. In some manner, it caught fire and plaintiff’s personal property was destroyed. Plaintiff filed suit…