Oklahoma Tire Supply Company v. Roland

WELCH, Chief Justice.

The plaintiffs in error argue the case under four propositions: The first proposition urged is that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury on the fellow servant doctrine and in giving the following instruction, to-wit:

“You are instructed that an agent is a person who is appointed by another to do some work, or conduct some transaction for another. When such agent is acting under the scope of authority given him by his principal the principal is bound and liable for the acts of said agent.”

The record reveals that plaintiff, Sadie Roland, filed this action in…