Sharp v. Faulkner

Opinion op the Court by

Sims, Commissioner

Affirming.

John W. Faulkner was Jailer of Whitley County and Arthur Mayne was his deputy. On May 10, 1939, Mayne drove the car of Faulkner off the highway at a filling-station in Corbin between 8 and 9 o’clock P. M. and struck the plaintiff, John Henry Sharp, who lost a leg-as a .result of the accident and instituted this action against both Mayne and Faulkner for $14,200. He alleged that Mayne, while acting- as agent and employee of Faulkner and while on the latter’s business, negligently drove Faulkner’s car into him causing his injury. The…