George v. Carstens Packing Co.

Citations

• 91 Wash. 637
• 158 P. 529

Syllabus

<p>Master and Servant — Injuries to Third Persons — Scope of Employment — Question for Jury. Whether a departure from his usual course, by the driver of an auto delivery truck, was within or without the course of his employment, so as to make his employer liable for his negligence, is a question for the jury, where, in making a night delivery out of the city, he was accompanied by a co-servant, as was frequently done without special directions, and on returning, he went out of his way a short distance to take him home; since the act bore such close relationship to his duties and the departure was not so marked that reasonable minds could not arrive at but one conclusion.</p>