Bagley v. Watson

Plaintiff, Robert J. Watson, commenced an action against defendant, William D. Bagley, administrator of the estate of Lloyd Currence, deceased, seeking to recover damages inflicted upon plaintiffs tractor unit of a tractor-trailer combination truck as the result of a collision occurring in an intersection controlled by traffic lights in the city of Cheyenne, Wyoming, between plaintiffs tractor and a car claimed to have been driven negligently by the decedent. Defendant answered, denying that deceased was negligent, alleged contributory negligence on the part of plaintiff, and asserted a counterclaim against plaintiff, seeking to recover damages for the claimed wrongful death of decedent and other miscellaneous damages. The defendant, pursuant to Rule 14, W.R.C.P., also filed a third-party complaint, seeking recovery on the same grounds asserted in his counterclaim for the same damages against Bekins Van and Storage Company, a corporation (hereinafter called Bekins), the owner of the trailer being pulled by plaintiffs tractor unit under an agency arrangement between plaintiff and Bekins.