Conley v. Mervis

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Kephart,

Appellees, plaintiffs in the court below, were injured by a truck- bearing dealer’s license plates owned by appellant, the defendant. Defendant denied ownership of the truck and that the driver was his servant. It appeared that dealer’s license plates No. 3X547 for 1931 were on the truck at the time of the accident, and defendant was called by plaintiffs as on cross-examination and asked whether he had owned the license plates. Having admitted ownership, his counsel proposed to examine him further in connection therewith: whether they had been loaned to…