Cross Country Leasing Corp. v. Ryder Truck Rental, Inc.

OPINION

•HAYES, District Judge.

The defendant is engaged in the truck and trailer leasing business with a division headquarter in Augusta, Ga. Its lessee of a tractor and trailer equipment, while hauling beverages from Augusta, Georgia to Bristol, Virginia, sustained a break-down of the tractor at Erwin, Tenn. On September 30, 1968, defendant’s agent called the defendant at Abingdon, Va., and asked it to deliver a heavy duty tractor to Erwin, Tenn., to pick up the trailer. The plaintiff agreed to do this and did deliver its heavy duty tractor to Elwood F. Johnson, the driver in charge, who…