Isaac v. Allen

PALMORE, Judge.

A pickup truck in which three teen-age boys were riding ran off a country road and hit a tree. One of the boys, Buddy Jack Allen, 18 years of age, was killed. In this wrongful death action his personal representatives got a verdict and judgment for $15,000 against Lowell C. Gipson, who is alleged to have been the driver, and Willie Isaac, who is alleged to have placed Gipson in possession of the truck with instructions to go and buy a package of cigarettes for him. Gipson and Isaac appeal.

The appellants contend they were entitled to a directed verdict on two grounds, (1) that…