Hunter v. First State Bank of Morrilton

Hart, O. J.,

(after stating the facts). As suggested by the circuit court in directing a verdict for the defendant, the first impulse of nearly every. one would be in the circumstances of the case to find for the plaintiff; but, under the well-established principles of law heretofore decided by this court, this cannot be done.

The suit is predicated upon the theoiy that the facts called for the application of the doctrine of respondeat superior, which rests upon the proposition that, in doing the acts out of which the accident arose, the servant was representing the master at the time and…