Bursch v. Greenough Bros.

Citations

• 79 Wash. 109
• 139 P. 870
• 1914 Wash. LEXIS 1157

Syllabus

<p>Master and Servant — Injuries to Third Persons — Scope op Employment. One M, employed by defendant as a driver of an auto truck, was not acting within the scope of his employment, as a matter of law, where it appears that, upon leaving the garage where defendant’s trucks were stored, at 6:30 in the evening after hours, without permission or authority, he took one of defendant’s trucks standing near the curb and drove it for his own pleasure, injuring the plaintiff; hence the defendant was not liable for the damages sustained.</p>