Blake v. New England Survey Service, Inc.

The plaintiffs sued -the defendant New England Survey Service, Inc., hereinafter referred to as Survey Service! as the owner, and the defendant Joseph- S. Ullian, as the opera' tor, of an automobile which collided with one owned and oper' ated by another defendant, Arthur J. Ricker, in which the plaintiffs were riding as passengers.

The complaint contained no allegation that Ullian was the agent of the defendant Survey Service nor that he was then act' ing in the course and scope of any authority conferred on him by Survey Service. Indeed it alleged no legal relationship be' tween Ullian and…