Jackson v. De Bardelaben

The defendant was the owner of an automobile in which he carried passengers for hire. He employed one Connie Jackson to drive this car from Thomas-ville to Selma and return, carrying on this trip three passengers. Defendant’s instructions to Connie Jackson were that he was to drive the car to Selma and return, and not elsewhere. In violation of these instructions, Connie drove the car beyond Selma and on towards Montgomery. When he reached a point on the highway in Lowndes county where the Lownesboro road crosses the Jackson Highway, Connie ran defendant’s car into the car of plaintiff, and…