King v. Cline

Defendant appeals from a judgment entered against him for damages arising by reason of the alleged conversion of an automobile taken by him under attachment in a suit of the Union Oil Company against Parsons. The latter action grew out of the relation of employee and employer which had existed respectively between Parsons and the Union Oil Company. Parsons, while employed by the Oil Company as a truck driver, became intoxicated and so negligently handled the machine under his control as to greatly damage it. The Oil Company brought the action for damages for the alleged breach of duty and in…