Groatz v. Day

The defendant employed one Jackson, in consideration of the ride, to take the former’s automobile from Danville to a garage at Exeter for repairs. Jackson was charged with no other duties for the defendant. Upon his arrival at the garage, finding the mechanician engaged, Jackson drove about town and returned later, when it was determined that the repairs would require new parts which could not be obtained for some days. He thereupon went to Little Boar’s Head in North Hampton solely for a ride for himself and a friend who had accompanied him on the trip. This took him in the opposite…