AMERICAN FIDELITY & CASUALTY CO. v. JOHNSON


336 S.W.2d 351 (1960)

AMERICAN FIDELITY & CASUALTY CO., Appellant, v. Melvin Chester JOHNSON and Lonnie Powell, DBA Powell Farms, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 10, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. W. Keenon, Stoll, Keenon & Park, Lexington, W. Fred Hume, Providence, for appellant.

Woodward Hobson & Fulton, Louisville, Thomas L. Withers, Dixon, for appellees.


STANLEY, Commissioner.

William E. Cloyes and his wife were killed in a collision between their automobile and a truck owned by Lonnie Powell, dba Powell Farms, and driven by his employee, Melvin C. Johnson, in Webster County on April 14, 1956. The truck was being operated under a "lease agreement" with Harper Motor Lines, hereinafter Harper. Actions for the wrongful death of Mr. and Mrs. Cloyes against the three parties were settled by Harper's liability insurer,...

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