Powell v. Masonite Corp.

RODGERS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment sustaining a motion for a directed verdict in favor of the defendant, Masonite Corporation, in an action brought by John B. Powell for personal injuries received as the result of negligence of an alleged agent of the defendant, a corporation. The trial court decided, from the evidence, that the proof did not sustain the contention that the negligent party was an agent of the defendant, Masonite Corporation.

The record shows that Uless Breland was engaged in cutting and hauling pulpwood for the Masonite Corporation on its land, and lands of…