Dave Lehr, Inc. v. Brown

Mr. Judge GERMAN

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section A.

This was a suit by Jimmie Brown and others against Dave Lehr, Inc., for damages sustained by reason of the said Jimmie Brown being struck by a truck driven by one Mariano Valderrama. A judgment in favor of plaintiffs was affirmed by the Court of Civil Appeals. 58 S. W. (2d) 886. The only question we are called upon to consider here is the question of whether or not Valderrama was, at the time of the accident, an employee of Dave Lehr, Inc., so as to make it liable under the doctrine of respondeat superior. The…