Miltimore v. Milford Motor Co.

The evidence, taken most favorably for the plaintiff, could be found to establish the following facts. On the seventh day of May, 1933, the defendant Miltimore was in the employ of the defendant company as an automobile-salesman in Milford, New Hampshire, where he resided. At the direction of the company he that day drove one of the company’s cars into the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in an attempt to locate a prospective customer. Pursuant to standing permission from the company, Miltimore took along as guest-passengers his wife (the plaintiff) and their two children.

The Miltimores had the…