Scism v. Alexander

This is an action for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff (respondent) when a truck in which he was riding, owned by defendant (appellant) collided-with ■ another truck upon State Highway No. 25, between Bloomfield and Advance, in Stoddard County, Missouri. The trial- resulted in a verdict and judgment for plaintiff in the sum of $5000, from which judgment, defendant has appealed. .

It appears from the. evidence that defendant, at the time of the accident, was engaged in the trucking business at Bloomfield, under the name of the Alexander Truck Line; that on the 14th day of September,…