Luquire Funeral Homes Ins. Co. v. Turner

FOSTER, Justice.

This is a suit for personal injuries sustained in an automobile collision.

Appellant makes two contentions which we will discuss. The first is that it does not sufficiently appear that the driver of defendant’s car, which collided with that in which plaintiff was riding as a passenger, was acting in the line and scope of his employment at the time when the collision occurred.

The driver was made a party defendant, but was stricken during the course of the trial. To prove that he was acting in the line and scope of his authority, he was called to testify as a witness for the…