Sims Mtr. Transp. Lines, Inc. v. Davis, Admx.

Appellee instituted this action in the lower court for damages for breach of contract- as a result of the alleged failure of appellant to procure insurance upon the life of John Max Davis, hereafter referred to as the decedent, against death or bodily .injury.

Decedent owned his own tractor and leased a trailer from ¿ppellant. He paid the expenses of operating the tractor and for his compensation therefor received seventy-five (75%) percent of the amount collected for freight hauled, less one-half of one (1%) percent, which appellee claimed was deducted for insurance for death or bodily…