PRESLEY v. COMMERCIAL CREDIT CORPORATION

No. 2877.

177 A.2d 916 (1962)

Norris PRESLEY, Appellant, v. COMMERCIAL CREDIT CORPORATION, Appellee.

Municipal Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided February 21, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles B. Sullivan, Jr., Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Kenneth Wells Parkinson, Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before HOOD and QUINN, Associate Judges, and MYERS, Associate Judge of The Municipal Court for the District of Columbia, sitting by designation.


MYERS, Associate Judge.

Appellant, plaintiff below, alleged that his automobile and certain contents therein had been converted by defendant's agent. At the close of his case, a directed verdict was granted against him on the ground he had failed to make a prima facie showing that appellee's servant had been acting within the scope of his employment.

The rule applicable on a motion for a directed verdict is that the evidence must be construed most favorably...

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