Lamanna v. Stevens

Citations

• 28 Del. 402
• 5 Boyce 402
• 93 A. 962
• 1915 Del. LEXIS 21

Syllabus

<p>1. Master and Servant—Injuries to Third Party—Actions—Scope of Employment—Evidence.</p> <p>To charge the owner of an automobile with a servant’s negligence in driving the machine so as to injure a third person, it must affirmatively appear that the servant was acting within the scope of his employment.</p> <p>2. Master and Servant—Injuries to Third Persons—Actions—Scope of Employment—Evidence.</p> <p>In an infant’s action fpr injuries by the negligent operation of defendant’s automobile, defendant's mere admission that he owned the automobile was insufficient to show prima facie that the driver was acting for defendant within the scope of his employment.</p>