Laurent v. Plain

The defendant contends that at the time of1 the collision Roy Sladkey, the driver of the defendant’s automobile, was not the agent of the defendant, but was the *77agent of the defendant’s wife, and that therefore the court erred in denying defendant’s motion for a nonsuit and a directed verdict. On February 22, 1937, the defendant resided at Oconto Falls with his wife and child. He was employed by the United States treasury department in its alcohol tax unit. For three weeks prior to February 22d, he had been away from home. On that day he returned to1 Green Bay. Upon his arrival there, he had…