Butler v. Greenwood

A. R. Butler, Jr., the plaintiff in error, was the plaintiff in the trial court, and W. Carter Greenwood, the defendant in error, was the defendant. Mr. Butler was the owner and operator of a number of trucks, tractors and trailers. At the time of the accident with which this case is concerned he was engaged in performing a contract for the delivery of lumber for a large defense plant located and in course of construction at Radford, Virginia. He was hauling this lumber from Eastern Virginia, where his plant is, and on December 26, 1940, three of his trucks went to Radford loaded and were…