Leonard v. Kreider

Was the Court of Appeals correct in its view that the evidence in this case presents a question of fact that must be submitted to a jury?

Counsel agree that the defendant Leonard was operating as a “transportation company” within the intendment of Sections 614-2 and 614-84 of the General Code. He owned no trucks, but he styled himself a motor freight broker. It was his practice to solicit Akron, Ohio, shippers who had freight for the vicinity of Buffalo, New York. Whenever he procured a shipment he called one of a group of approximately twenty truck owners, who, upon receipt of this…