Thompson v. Aultman & Taylor Machinery Co.

Citations

• 96 Kan. 259
• 150 P. 587
• 1915 Kan. LEXIS 361

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Automobile Collision — Driver Acting within Scope of His Authority — Evidence. The evidence held sufficient to take to the jury the question whether the agent of the owner of an automobile, who was driving it at the time of a collision, was acting within the scope of his employment.</p> <p>2. Same — Personal Injuries — Loss of Wife’s Services — Elements of Damages. In an action by a husband to recover for the loss of his wife’s services, through an injury to her occasioned by the negligence of the defendant, it is not error to instruct that the term services includes whatever of aid, assistance, comfort and society the wife would be expected to render to or bestow upon her husband in the circumstances in which they were situated.</p>