Pennebaker v. Parker

Hubert P. Parker sued F. E. Pennebaker, doing business as Pennebaker’s Ready-Mix Concrete Plant, and George Lee Spraggins to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained as a result of the negligence of the defendants. There was a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $12,000, and the defendants appealed.

The declaration charged that Spraggins, about 4:30 P. M. on March 19, 1956, in the employ of Pennebaker, about his duties as such, within the scope of his authority, and in furtherance of his master’s business, while driving his master’s truck, heavily loaded with…