French v. Cherry

This appeal is prosecuted from a directed verdict in appellant’s suit for damages for personal injury caused by the wrecking of appellee’s truck and trailer, in which appellant, with other cotton pickers, were being transported to and from their homes to the place of work in appellee’s cotton fields.

The undisputed testimony shows that appellee, a cotton planter near Parkin, sent his truck, driven by Charley Jones, his regular driver, to Wynne to gather up cotton pickers and transport them to the farm, as was the custom. The driver of the truck announced, as always, that appellee was paying 30…