Legal Opinion
Koonce v. Craft
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided March 25, 1937No. 8 Div. 786PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS, Justice.
The suit was for damages resulting from an automobile collision.
The assignments of error challenge the action of the trial court (1) in refusing to give the general affirmative charge, and (2) in overruling the motion for a new trial.
The suit was by W. L. Craft against E. R. Koonce and W. O. Perritt, doing business as Koonce-Perritt Chevrolet Company, and Vera Martin, the bookkeeper of said firm.
The contention of appellants is that Miss Martin was on a private mission and not within the line and scope of her employment when the collision occurred, and that her principal is not…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Cobb v. MaloneSupreme Court of Alabama · 1890
- McMillan v. AikenSupreme Court of Alabama · 1920
- Nashville, Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway v. CrosbySupreme Court of Alabama · 1915
- Jones v. BellSupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
- Mobile Pure Milk Co. v. ColemanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1935
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Barber v. StephensonSupreme Court of Alabama · 1953
- Pollard v. RogersSupreme Court of Alabama · 1937
- Craft v. KoonceSupreme Court of Alabama · 1939
- Chandler v. OwensSupreme Court of Alabama · 1938
- Hodges & Company v. AlbrechtSupreme Court of Alabama · 1972
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