District Court, W.D. Virginia August 26, 1969, Civ. No. 68-C-122 (Cross Country Leasing Corp. v. Ryder Truck Rental, Inc.)

OPINION

•HAYES, District Judge.

The defendant is engaged in the truck and trailer leasing business with a division headquarter in Augusta, Ga. Its lessee of a tractor and trailer equipment, while hauling beverages from Augusta, Georgia to Bristol, Virginia, sustained a break-down of the tractor at Erwin, Tenn. On September 30, 1968, defendant’s agent called the defendant at Abingdon, Va.