Hartman v. Badger Tobacco Co.

Plaintiffs assign as error the granting of the motion for a directed verdict as to the defendant Badger Tobacco Company and its insurer, Great American Indemnity Company, and the entering of judgment dismissing the complaint. The facts which are material on the questions raised on this appeal are simple and virtually undisputed. The defendant John Hartman was employed by the Badger Tobacco Company to drive its truck in delivering merchandise to its customers. John Hartman had heard that he was not to take other persons along for a ride, and on the day previous to the accident in suit he had…