Phillips v. Armour & Co.

Citations

• 108 Kan. 596
• 196 P. 245
• 1921 Kan. LEXIS 232

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Negligence — Employer Transporting Employee from Home to His Work — Injury to Employee. A packing company employed a transfer company to convey its employees to and from their work and directed and controlled the transportation. Held, that having assumed the responsibility of the transportation of its employees the company owed them the duty to provide vehicles that were reasonably safe and the obligation to see that the drivers should exercise reasonable care in operating them.</p> <p>2. Same — Relation of Master and Servant Existed — Liability of Master. As the' relation of master and servant existed between the packing company and its employees, the former cannot be absolved from liability for the negligent operation of the vehicles because they were owned by another.</p> <p>3. Same — Instructions — Evidence — Verdict. Questioned instructions given to the jury are held to be without error, and the verdict is found to be supported by sufficient evidence.</p>