BLESSING v. PITTMAN

No. 2544

70 Wyo. 416 (1952)

251 P.2d 243

LLOYD BLESSING and E.J. PLUMB, Plaintiffs and Respondents, vs. F.G. PITTMAN, d.b.a. PITTMAN TRANSPORTATION COMPANY, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wyoming

December 2, 1952


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the defendant and appellant the cause was submitted upon the brief and also oral argument of Edward E. Murane and R.R. Bostwick, both of Casper, Wyoming.

For the plaintiffs and respondents the cause was submitted upon the brief and also oral argument of Edward S. Halsey of Newcastle, Wyoming, and Robert A. Burgess of Casper, Wyoming.


OPINION

BLUME, Chief Justice.

This case involves the well known "borrowed servant" doctrine. The plaintiff Blessing was the owner of a Chevrolet truck equipped for hauling animals. The plaintiff Plumb was the owner of some race horses in question herein. In the evening of August 16, 1948, after dark, the driver of the Chevrolet truck hauling the race horses was traveling westward along Thirteenth Street in the city of Casper. The street was dark and the...

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