Copp v. Paradis

Action on the case to recover property damages resulting from the negligent operation of the defendant’s truck by a person invited to ride and permitted to drive by the defendant’s servant. At the close of the plaintiff’s case, a nonsuit was entered and exceptions reserved.

The evidence warrants the finding that, on September 5, 1930, the defendant’s truck driver, Arthur Tancread, having been ordered to haul a load of supplies from Lewiston to Dead River, in*466vited a friend, Leo Carpenter, to accompany him. Taijcread drove until they stopped for gas on the return trip, when he permitted…