Nipper v. Brandon Co.

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

This is a case involving some finer points of the master-servant, or as we would say now, employer-employee relationship. The question presented is the legal and factual problems that arise when an employee causes an accident while driving his employer’s vehicle. The finer points are: when does an employee return to the scope of his employment after deviating to perform a personal unauthorized errand; and, what is the law regarding the proof necessary to create a question of fact for the jury in such a situation.

The facts are not disputed. Roosevelt Johnson was a…