NIPPER v. BRANDON CO.

No. 77-49.

553 S.W.2d 27 (1977)

Jerry D. NIPPER, Appellant, v. BRANDON COMPANY and Roosevelt Johnson, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas, Division 2.

July 5, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McMath, Leatherman & Woods by James B. McMath, Little Rock, for appellant.

Gannaway, Darrow & Hanshaw, Little Rock, for appellees.


HICKMAN, Justice.

This is a case involving some finer points of the master-servant, or as we would say now, employer-employee relationship. The question presented is the legal and factual problems that arise when an employee causes an accident while driving his employer's vehicle. The finer points are: when does an employee return to the scope of his employment after deviating to perform a personal unauthorized errand; and, what is the law regarding the proof necessary...

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