Finch v. Weiner

The plaintiff claimed and offered evidence tending to prove that a collision between a truck owned by the defendant and operated by his employee, one Skinner, and a sedan, owned by one Hoskings, in which the plaintiff was riding as a guest, was caused by negligent operation of the truck, and that the plaintiff was injured thereby. At the beginning of the presentation of evidence by the plaintiff, Skinner was called as a witness and was inquired of, only, as to whether, at the time of the collision, he was in the employ* of the defendant and engaged in his business, and to identify an accident…