Agans v. General Mills, Inc.

Plaintiff was injured while riding in a car belonging to defendant General Mills, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and being driven by defendant Shoeklee. The corporation’s business was the manufacture and sale of grain products and feeds. Shoeklee was a promotion man and sales representative of the company. Plaintiff was owner of a general feed store at Murray, Iowa, and had a contract with defendant company (negotiated by Shoeklee) for sale and distribution of its products in an area which included the scene of plaintiff’s injury.

On February 12, 1948, plaintiff and Shocklee were on a trip…