Rye v. King

Defendant appeals from the judgment.

The action is one to recover damages for personal injury to plaintiff’s minor child, Dolores, a girl about four years old, claimed to have been caused by negligence on the part of defendant’s son, Joseph King, in operating an automobile truck owned by the defendant and being used at the time in defendant’s business. That defendant was responsible for the acts of his son in operating the truck is not disputed.

Defendant was engaged in the business of buying live stock and poultry from farmers and transported same in this truck from the farms where purchased…