Newell Contracting Co. v. Lindahl

Appellee, plaintiff below, brought this suit to recover damages to his automobile resulting from a collision with a truck driven by L. D. Corn. The complaint alleged that the defendants, Newell Contracting Company and Henry Allison, had employed Floyd Clover to use his and other trucks in hauling and placing gravel on a public highway which was being improved under a contract with the State Highway Department, and that Clover employed Corn to drive and use his truck for the same purpose.

In the separate answer of the Newell Contracting Company and Allison, they alleged that “It is true that…