Orr v. Thompson Coal Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Peoria county; the Hon. John M. Niehaus, Judge, presiding. Heard in this court at the April term, 1920.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Heard
May 28, 1918, on a public street in the City of Peoria appellee’s automobile was struck and damaged by an auto-truck of appellant driven by one John Cone, an employee of appellant. Appellee brought suit against appellant to recover his damages occasioned thereby, basing his right to recovery on alleged negligence of Cone in driving the auto-truck. Appellant filed a plea of the general issue and an additional plea which set up that the driver of the auto-truck at the time of the collision was not acting within the scope of his authority; that said driver was driving the motor truck without…
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