Knoble v. National Carriers, Inc.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Foth, C.:

In 1971 Virgil L. Knoble and Dean W. Bateman were joint owners of a 1968 International tractor which they had leased to National Carriers, Inc., a nationwide trucking firm whose chief business was hauling beef for its parent company, National Beef Packing Company, of Liberal, Kansas. Their contract with National Carriers required the partners to furnish not only the tractor but their own services as - drivers (or those of acceptable substitutes ).

On January 8, 1971, they were hauling one of National Carriers’ refrigerated trailers loaded with…