Roland v. Terryland, Inc.

J. Seaborn Holt, Justice.

Appellees, Terryland, Inc., and William Burleson, its truck driver, sued Tom Rowland, driver of a school bus belonging to Parkdale School District and also sued Great American Indemnity Company direct, the District’s liability insurance carrier (under § 66-517, Ark. Stats. 1947), for property damages to Terryland’s truck and for personal injuries to Burleson, resulting from a collision of the school bus and the truck.

The complaint alleged the negligence of Tom Roland to be that he was driving at a dangerous and excessive speed, failed to stop at a stop sign, as…