Janik v. Ford Motor Co.

This action was brought to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff, on July 29, 1910, from a passing automobile driven by an employee of defendant, while alighting from a Michigan avenue street railway car in the city of Detroit. From a judgment on a directed verdict for defendant plaintiff brings this case here for review on a writ of error. The controlling question involved is whether the relation of master and servant existed between defendant and the driver of the automobile at the time of the collision.

The uncontroverted facts essential to this…