Goff v. Clarksburg Dairy Co.
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Harrison County. Action by Nathan Goff, infant, etc., against the Clarksburg Dairy Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
POREENBARGER, JuDGE :
The $600.00 judgment complained of oar this writ of error was recovered as damages for an alleged negligent injury of a boy about eight or nine years old, on a business street of the City of Clarksburg, by a motor truck belonging to the defendant and driven by oire of its employees, while returning from his luncheon to the defendant’s place of business, agreeably to his usual custom and with the knowledge and consent of his employer.
One ground of defense was lack of relation of master and servant between the owner and driver, on the occasion of the injury. Defendant’s…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Bourne v. WhitmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1911
- Steffen v. McNaughtonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1910
- McKiernan v. LehmaierSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1911
- Reynolds v. DenholmMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1913
- Schoonover v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1911
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