Weng v. Schleiger

Weng, one of the plaintiffs in error, was an employee of the other plaintiffs in error who were operating a co-partnership under the name of “Bates and Sons,” which partnership was engaged in the business of livestock hauling. These plaintiffs in error were defendants in the trial court and we will herein refer to them by name or as defendants.

On August 14, 1949, Weng, the employee, had been sent by the defendants with a truck to a ranch northwest of the City of Longmont to get a load of nineteen cattle for delivery in Denver; when returning with the load of cattle the truck was involved in…