Reynolds v. Denholm

This is an action of tort to recover for injuries caused by a collision of the defendant’s automobile with the team driven by the plaintiff. The accident occurred August 7, 1910. At the dose of the evidence the presiding judge * directed a verdict for the defendant, and the case is here on exceptions by the plaintiff to that ruling. *577The question is whether the evidence warranted a finding that what the driver of the machine was doing at the time of the accident came within the scope of his employment. The case is a close one and seems to have been tried with a hesitating touch on both sides.…