State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Cook

Browning, J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.*

On the night of February 28, 1946, a collision took place between an automobile, driven by William H. Cook, and a truck owned by E. W. Maynard, driven by David Wallace, who was substituting for John Palmer. Palmer was in general and usual charge of the truck, by express permission of its owner, Mr. Maynard. Palmer and Wallace were employees of Mr. Maynard, who owned and operated a farm near the city of Williamsburg. Palmer lived a mile and a half from the Maynard home. He had been working intermittently for Mr. Maynard for some ten years. One…