Travelers Insurance v. Marcoux

Simone Potvin is the daughter of Joseph E. Potvin, who is a salesman in the employ of the defendant Fitch Motor Company, Inc. In 1937, the Fitch Motor Company, Inc. assigned to him, as a demonstrator, a cream-colored Chevrolet automobile. This car was to be used by Potvin “in the sale of automobiles” and also “to go back and forth to our work.” He testified that it was a rule of the Fitch Motor Company, Inc. “not to let anyone use them [demonstrators] except for business purposes only.” Nevertheless Simone learned to drive her father’s demonstrator and used it for her own purposes two or…