Burgess v. Garvin
Decision Date | 09 February 1925 |
Docket Number | No. 15242.,15242. |
Citation | 272 S.W. 108 |
Parties | BURGESS v. GARVIN et al. |
Court | Missouri Court of Appeals |
Appeal from Circuit Court, Jackson County; Charles R. Pence, Judge.
Action by Preston Burgess, by his next friend, H. S. Burgess, against B. W. Garvin and the L. B. Price Mercantile Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal. Affirmed.
Clarence L. Hogin, of Kansas City, for appellant Garvin.
Ball & Ryland and Ryland, Boys, Stinson & Mag, all of Kansas City, for appellant L. B. Price Mercantile Company.
Swearingen & Finnell, of Kansas City, for respondent.
This is an action for damages for personal injuries. Plaintiff recovered a verdict and judgment in the sum of $5,000, and defendants have appealed.
The facts show that plaintiff was injured, between 2 and 3 p. m. on the 18th day of May, 1920, by being struck by an automobile being driven by the defendant Garvin at Fifth and Troup streets in Kansas City, Kan. Defendant L. B. Price Mercantile Company insists that its instruction in the nature of a demurrer to the evidence should have been given because, first, there was no evidence tending to Show that any relation of respondeat superior existed between it and its codefendant; second, if such a relation was shown, its codefendant was acting without the scope of his authority at the time of the collision; and, third, there was no evidence upon which to submit the case to the jury on the humanitarian doctrine, or upon any other theory. Defendant Garvin adopts all the points made by his codefendant except those inapplicable to him.
We shall first state the evidence on the question as to whether the relation of respondeat superior existed between the defendants. The evidence shows that Garvin was employed by his codefendant to sell on commission certain goods handled by defendant mercantile company, which consisted of small rugs, curtains, silverware, and household specialties, and in carrying out this work Garvin used an automobile owned, controlled, and operated by him at his own expense. It was while operating this automobile that he struck plaintiff, as aforesaid. One Farr was riding with Garvin at the time of the collision, and had been with him all of that day transacting the business in which Garvin was engaged in Kansas City, Kan. There was testimony that Farr was being "broken in" by Garvin, that the former was in the mercantile company's "organization," and that Garvin paid Farr a part of the commission on sales made by Farr. On the morning of May 18, 1920, Garvin and Farr went to the place of business of the mercantile company in Kansas City, Mo., about 8 or 8:30 where they procured a load of merchandise consisting of miscellaneous merchandise such as small rugs, curtains, silverware, etc. At the time of the collision Garvin had 250 pounds of these goods in the back end of his car, which was a five-passenger Ford automobile.
The canvassers of the mercantile company were required to take contracts in making sales, variously called, "leases," "mortgages," and "contracts." One of the contracts that was furnished Garvin and the other canvassers is a form of a chattel mortgage. The canvassers would sell goods on payments and take back from the buyer a mortgage for the part of the purchase price unpaid. These mortgages would be made in favor of the L. B. Price Mercantile Company. The one introduced in evidence (Exhibit 7) recited that it was taken for the balance of the purchase price of the property therein described, and that the payments should he made to the Price Company; it provides against selling or removing the property, and if default should be made in payment of any indebtedness of the mortgagor, or any attempt to sell or attempt to remove the property, that it should be lawful for the mercantile company to take possession of the property and sell the same. It also recites, "as further security, the undersigned also sells, assigns, and transfers to said Company all the salary, wages, commission, and demands due and to become due to me" as security for the payment of the indebtedness. At the bottom appears the following under the head of "Notice."
"Our canvassers are directed to take a contract from every customer. They have NO AUTHORITY to make any verbal contract with respect to the property herein contracted for. See that the price of the goods and the amounts credited on this lease correspond with your receipt. Our collector will show you lease bearing your signature. Money paid to any other person is paid at your own risk. (Italics ours.)
Farr testified:
W. C. Wall, field manager of the defendant company, testified that Garvin was "selling goods, soliciting for the company, in May, 1920," that:
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