ALLIED EGG &c. CO. v. JOCIE MOTOR LINES, INC.

35378, 35379.

91 Ga. App. 725 (1955)

87 S.E.2d 172

ALLIED EGG & POULTRY COMPANY v. JOCIE MOTOR LINES, INC., et al. STRONG v. JOCIE MOTOR LINES, INC., et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied April 1, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Hudson, William R. Hudson, for C. P. Strong.

Dunaway & Embry, J. M. Embry, for Allied Egg & Poultry Co., Inc.

Hamilton Lokey, George A. Durden, Lokey, Bowden & Rolleston, for Jocie Motor Lines, Inc.


QUILLIAN, J.

The most vital question and the most difficult of solution is whether the verdict was supported by the evidence. The issue centers around two phases of evidence: (1) Did the evidence show facts that would constitute the defendant Allied Egg & Poultry Company respondeat superior of the driver Strong? (2) Did the evidence authorize a finding that the proximate cause of the wreck was the negligence of the defendant rather than a pure accident for which...

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