Bass v. Fremont Wholesale Corp.

Peb Cubiam.

Upon all the evidence taken in the light most favorable to the plaintiff, the plaintiff fails to bring himself within the doctrine of respondeat superior.

It appears tbat the defendant exercised no control over the operation of the truck. It was interested in the delivery of the tobacco sticks, and not in the steps leading to the delivery.

It is a settled principle of law that “where the contract is for something that may lawfully be done, and is proper in its terms, and there has been no negligence in selecting a suitable person to contract with in respect to it, and no general…