Rothenberger v. Wilks

This is an action founded in bailment to recover damages to appellant’s truck while it was being used, allegedly in the course of the bailment by appellee Larry Rothenberger, purportedly an employee of appellee Wilks. The trial court dismissed the action as to Wilks and rendered judgment against Larry Rothenberger for $350. We affirm.

On October 27, 1967, Robert Rothenberger, hereinafter referred to as appellant, was living in a trailer house owned by him on the Fred Schlager farm, north and east of Minatare, Nebraska, on which Wilks was conducting a sheep feeding operation. His brother, Larry…