Brooks v. Sentle

In Ms action commenced in the Court of Common Pleas, the plaintiff, Booker T. Brooks, as administrator, sought to recover damages for the wrongful death of Charles Eugene Brooks, alleged to have been proximatelv caused by the negligence of an employee of defendant Harvey H. Sentle, doing business as Sentle Trucking Company.

On the night of February 13, 1940, the right front wheel of a tractor owned by defendant Sentle and operated by one of his employees, became detached, requiring the stopping of the tractor and the trailer attached thereto, on the right side of route No. 20 some 20 or 25…