Loper Et Ux. v. P. G. Publishing Co.

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Simpson,

November 27, 1933:

Appellees, who are husband and wife, each recovered a verdict and judgment for injuries which they sustained when the automobile in which they were riding was run into by another operated by B. H. Bentley. The only question we are asked to decide is whether or not defendant is liable for the negligence of Bentley.

In their statement of claim appellees aver, inter alia, that “At the same time [i. e., the time of the collision] one B. H. Bentley, an agent and employee of the defendant, P. G. Publishing Company, was driving an automobile southwardly…