Baker v. Magnolia Petroleum Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.:

Cora Baker was a passenger in an automobile owned and driven by her brother on the public road from Augusta to Douglass. She received serious injuries as a result of a collision between the automobile and a truck used in the business of the defendant. She brought suit alleging that the truck belonged to the defendant; that the driver, Fred Howard, was in defendant’s employ, and that the collision occurred by reason of the negligent operation of the truck and the negligence of the company in using a truck with a defective brake. The answer…