Travis v. Duckworth

The defendant Bowman’s appeal presents the question whether the evidence offered was sufficient to support the finding and judgment that defendant Duckworth, the driver of the offending tractor, at the time and place of the injury and death of plaintiff’s intestate, was acting within the scope of his employment by defendant Bowman and in the furtherance of his employer’s business. Appellant contends that his motion for judgment of nonsuit should have been allowed, or that in any event he was entitled to have the court give a peremptory instruction to the jury in his favor as prayed.

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