Ridge v. J. J. Foley Cafe, Inc.

The plaintiff obtained a verdict for an • assault and battery committed by a bartender employed by the defendant. The defendant excepted to the denial of its motion for a directed verdict in its favor, and contends that there was no evidence that the bartender acted within the scope of his employment.

There was evidence of the following facts. The plaintiff had frequented the defendant's barroom for some years, and knew the bartender well. They had always been friendly. On the day of the assault and battery the plain-. tiff came to the barroom twice, while intoxicated, to get more liquor and…