Stout v. Sutton

WILLIAMS, Judge.

Appellee James Sutton, a resident of Illinois, drove his truck loaded with logs across the Ohio River to a privately owned sawmill in Kentucky. When he removed the chain securing the logs one of them became dislodged, fell off the truck, and injured appellant Robert Stout. Substituted service was had under the nonresident motorist statute, KRS 188.020. A motion to quash service of summons was sustained by the McCracken Circuit Court and this appeal results.

The reason assigned by the court in its order sustaining the motion to quash is:

“* * * the truck which was loaded with…