CLEVENGER v. OWENS

No. 16497.

365 F.2d 878 (1966)

Frank R. CLEVENGER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John M. OWENS and The Maytag Company, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

August 15, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Simmons, Bowling Green, Ky., Harlin, Parker & Ricketts, Bowling Green, Ky., on brief, for appellants.

Paul R. Huddleston, Bowling Green, Ky., Huddleston & Huddleston, Bowling Green, Ky., Marion Vance, Glasgow, Ky., on brief, for appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge, and McALLISTER and CECIL, Senior Circuit Judges.


McALLISTER, Senior Circuit Judge.

Appellee, Frank R. Clevenger, on May 2, 1963, about ten o'clock at night, was operating his own tractor-trailer, as a contract carrier, while driving west on U. S. Highway 68 in Barren County, Kentucky. As he was meeting and passing an east-bound car, he struck a Black Angus steer lying in the road. The accident resulted in the breaking of a connection at the air tank in the brake system of appellee's truck, which brought the vehicle...

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