Hill v. Staats
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Tarrant County ; Ben M. Terrell, Judge. On motion for rehearing.
1Opinion of the CourtBuck, J.
Appellant has filed an able argument in support of his motion, and he stresses the point that though the chauffeur had disobeyed his master’s instructions in leaving the show grounds, yet, since the master had enjoined him not to leave the car during the time the master’s wife and children were attending the circus, but to remain in charge of the car, and since the accident occurred while the chauffeur-was apparently returning to the place where he had been ordered to remain, it should be held that in so returning the chauffeur was at least resuming the service of his master, and that,…
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