Pittman v. Staples

This is a case where a non-negligent guest passenger was killed in a collision between the automobile of his host driver and a truck parked on the highway. The defendant, George F. Pittman, who parked the truck, according to the allegations of the petition, within 12 feet of the center of the highway, a State-aid road, and Macon Brick & Block Company who was under the doctrine of respondeat superior responsible for his conduct filed a general demurrer to the petition.

The contention is not that the place and manner in which the truck was left upon the highway was lawful or prudent but that the…