Babbitt v. Seattle School District No. 1

Citations

• 100 Wash. 392
• 170 P. 1020
• 1918 Wash. LEXIS 744

Syllabus

<p>Mastek and Servant—Injury to Third Person-—Scope of Employment—Evidence—Sufficiency. A school district is not liable for injuries inflicted by an employee engaged to deliver parcels on a motorcycle, where he was using the machine after working hours, without permission and contrary to orders, for his own convenience to go to his home; and undisputed evidence to that effect overcomes the presumption of liability from proof of ownership of the machine.</p>