Hekman Biscuit Co. Ex Rel. Royal Indemnity Co. v. Commercial Credit Co.

Stephen Wierenga and Earl T. Rogers were employed by the Hekman Biscuit Company, Rogers as sales manager and Wierenga as a salesman. On July 18, 1935, they were riding in an automobile owned by Wierenga but being driven on the business of the company in Montcalm county. Wierenga was driving the car, while Rogers was directing him as to routes and towns where customers were to be called upon. They were traveling in a southerly direction on the Fishville road toward county highway No. 510, an east and west road, at a rate of speed, according to Wierenga, of about 35 miles per hour. As he…