Capello's Admr. v. Aero Mayflower Transit Co.

This is an action for damages resulting from a motor vehicle accident. The accident happened on the highway a little south of Brandon village on June 6, 1946, when the plaintiffs intestate, who was driving a sedan, was attempting to pass a truck, consisting of a tractor and trailer van. When she was about half way past the van the tractor pulled over to the left and crowded her off the road. The only evidence as to the ownership of the truck, or that its operator was then engaged in the defendant’s service, was the name “Aero Mayflower Transit Company” upon it. At the close of the plaintiff’s…