Hiner v. Olson

The defendants, with the exception of D. A. Olson, have appealed from a judgment of $3,000 which was rendered against them for injuries sustained by the' plaintiff as the result of negligence on the part of Olson while he was driving his automobile incident to his employment as traveling salesman for the drug firm of Morgan & Sampson.

The chief contentions are that the evidence fails to prove that Olson was the agent or servant of the appellants or that he was acting in the course of his employment at the time of the accident.

For eight or ten years prior to the accident Olson served as…