Barton v. J. M. Radford Grocery Co.

LATTIMORE, Justice.

Appellants are the survivors, under article 4671, R. S., of Mrs. Barton, who, while riding on the running board of her husband’s car, was killed in a collision with a car driven by one Lacey. Lacey, a salesman for appellee with an expense account to cover use of his car while in appellee’s service, had attended a sales meeting at Wichita Falls, by order of appellee. The meeting adjourned at 5 o’clock p. m. Lacey did not return at once to his home at Graham, which was also the center of his sales territory. He went to a hotel in Wichita Falls and from there to a roadhouse…