Stone v. Hurst Lumber Company

WADE, Justice.

This appeal is brought by the Hurst Lumber Company, appellant herein, from an adverse jury verdict and judgment thereon in an action brought by Dyle E. Stone, respondent herein, for damages resulting from an assault and battery by an employee of the lumber company.

- From the evidence it appears that about 12 days before the incident, which is the basis of this suit, occurred, the lumber company, needing a deliveryman, called an employment agency from whom they had been accustomed for a number of years to secure applicants for employment. The employment agency sent a Mr. Marlin…