Gunnells Sand Company v. Wilhite

WILSON, Justice.

Defendants, owner and driver of a truck, ask reversal of an adverse judgment on a jury verdict in a personal injury action arising from a collision of the truck with a car owned by plaintiff, driven by another. Defendants’ points are that they are entitled to judgment because the undisputed evidence shows the negligence of plaintiff’s driver, found by the jury to be a proximate cause, is imputed to plaintiff who was riding in the front seat of his own car, because the driver was plaintiff’s agent and they were engaged in a joint venture at the time of the collision. They…