Show partners ity A unique question of liability in an automobile accident case was decided by the supreme court ot of south dakota t in van horn vs simpson whir h held I 1 that where defendants were va ners and were riding in an automobile in partnership business the negligence ot of the owner and partner la in driving the automobile was imputable to the other partner since as a member ber ot of the the owner and driver was his agent and both defendants were jointly liable tor for injuries to a traveler upon the highway hichwa Y L it IS 19 pointed out that these two defendants fend ants at the tha time in question were co partners in the real estate business and that this auto was then transporting both defendants in the tion of such business that it was waa then being used as an instrument ment for the benefit and within the scope of the partnership business that simpson SIr upson was not a passenger ot or gratuitous guest of 0 anderson in said car but was a party interested in the tha purpose and business in which such car was then being operated |