Clark Mechanical Contractors, Inc. v. KST Equipment Co.

THOMAS B. SPAIN, Special Commissioner.

Appellee equipment company brought this suit for damages to its air compressor sustained in a highway accident while the compressor was being towed by the appellant contractor, who was in possession and control of the air compressor under a rental agreement with the appellee.

The compressor had been initially picked up by an employee of the contractor at the equipment company’s place of business in *681Jefferson County on the morning of March 31, 1971. The compressor, which weighed approximately 3,000 pounds, was mounted on its own two-wheeled trailer…