Drohan v. Standard Oil Co.

KERNER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs brought this action against Standard Oil Company to recover damages sustained as the result of alleged negligence of defendant’s driver in operating a motor truck which collided with plaintiff’s tractor-trailer. Defendant, in its answer, denied it had been negligent and alleged that plaintiffs’ damages were caused by the negligence of their servant in the operation of the tractor-trailer. Standard also filed a cross-claim against plaintiffs in which it joined C. A. Conklin Truck Line, Inc., and in which it sought to recover damages for loss of its truck and…