The Travelers Insurance Co. v. Taylor

— The Terminal Transfer Company operated a truck between Jacksonville, Florida, and Way-cross, Georgia, as a contract carrier for The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, delivering goods to four of its stores in the latter city. James C. Taylor was employed by the carrier as a driver of the truck and had been in that service for six or seven years. It was his duty in this employment not only to drive the truck but also take receipts for merchandise delivered and he was responsible both for the machine and its freight.

In March, 1939, on a night prior to one of the scheduled trips to…