Beardsley v. Broach

MOREMEN, Chief Justice.

John L. and Cecil Beardsley, who do business under the firm name of Beardsley Brothers Chevrolet Company, have appealed from a judgment against them by which appellee, Ray T. Broach, was awarded the sum of $10,000 as damages for injuries suffered in an automobile accident.

In February 1954, appellants, in the course of their business, obtained a one and one-half ton, 1948, Ford truck. This truck was placed outside the garage building and remained there until late in May or early in June of the same year, when Treva Edwards, who had gone to appellants for the purpose of…