Eagle Motor Lines, Inc. v. Mitchell

Mrs. Pearl Mitchell filed her suit in the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County against Eagle Motor Lines, Inc., an Alabama Corporation, doing business in the State, and Joe Burnham, to recover damages for personal injuries. Her declaration, as amended, in effect charged negligence in two respects, namely, (1) that Joe Burn-ham, as agent and in the scope of his duty and employment for Eagle Motor Lines, negligéntly drove one of its large trucks into the intersection of Highways 11, 80, and 22nd Avenue in the City of Meridian and negligently collided with the automobile which she was driving, and…