Houston Transit Co. v. Felder

Guy Felder brought a damage suit against the Houston Transit Company in a district court of Harris County, growing out of injuries inflicted upon him by B. F. Goodson, one of the company’s bus drivers. A jury found that when he assaulted Felder, Goodson was acting in the scope of his employment, and not in self-defense, and fixed Felder’s damages at $1,000.00 The district court entered a judgment for the transit company notwithstanding the verdict, on the ground that as a matter of law the company’s agent was not acting within the scope of his employment in committing the assault; but the…