Alabama Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Free

FOSTER, Justice.

This is a suit for damages by appellee against appellant growing out of a collision of a truck of appellant with plaintiff’s automobile. The trial was with a jury. One question was whether the driver of the truck was acting in the line and scope of his employment in driving it.

The Court ‘ of Appeals, recognizing the existence of an administrative presumption against appellant on the evidence in that connection here presented, held that there was no conflict in the evidence nor conflicting inferences from it, to the effect that the driver was without the line and scope of his…