Heuer Truck Lines v. Brownlee

The facts are substantially without dispute. Plaintiff, a corporation, has long been a truck operator, organized by the father of Stanton Heuer and Forrest Heuer, the present operators. The principal place of business is in Marshalltown, Iowa. Defendants operate a Coca Cola bottling plant in the same town and have a warehouse at Ames, from which customers in the Ames territory are served.

Both Stanton and Forrest were drafted into the service; Stanton in 1942, and Forrest early in 1943, and a substitute manager employed. This manager arranged for the Heuer Truck Lines to haul Coca Cola at four…