Burns v. Elliott-Lewis Electrical Co.

Opinion by

Cunningham, J.,

The right of recovery in this action for personal injuries to the infant plaintiff depends upon the answer to the familiar question whether the concededly negligent mechanic was the employee of the defendant company or of an independent contractor. That question was submitted to the jury, and its findings were for the respective plaintiffs. We are asked only to review the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the verdicts.

On June 8, 1932, the infant plaintiff, about three years of age, was taken by her grandmother to visit a Mrs. Farley, the owner of a Copeland…