Willi v. Schaefer Hitchcock Co.

ON PETITION FOR REHEARING.

Appellant’s petition for a rehearing urges that before respondents may recover it must be proved that Mr. Willi’s presence in the automobile (conceding though not admitting that the trip, so far as Mr. Bruce was concerned, was on company business) was connected with the business of appellant’s predecessor company. Respondents were asked to reply to such contention, but no authorities have been cited on the point by either side.

From the following authorities, the rule is that it is a question of the agent’s right or authority to invite a guest to ride, not the nature…