Knight v. Silver Fleet Motor Express

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Tilpord

Affirming.

This action was instituted by the appellant administrator to recover damages for the death of his decedent occasioned by the latter’s head coming into contact with a corner of the body of a trailer truck owned by the appellee, Silver Fleet Motor Express, and at the time being-operated by the appellee, Edward Barrow. The accident occurred between 6:30 and 7 o’clock P. M., after dark, on the afternoon of September 26, 1940, as the truck was proceeding southwardly on U. S. Highway 31 W at a point approximately a mile and a half north of…