Barton

During the times here involved appellants Julius Anderson and Elmer L. Aldrich have, as copartners, conducted at San Diego, California, a laundry business under the name “San Diego Steam Laundry”, and appellant Albert J. Anderson has been employed by them as their superintendent and manager. Defendant Charles McDermott was, immediately prior to and at the time of the occurrences under discussion, employed as a driver by another San Diego laundry engaged exclusively in laundering overalls. His duties were to operate a truck between. San Diego and El Centro in the Imperial Valley, to gather laundry for this latter concern and return it.

He and Albert J. Anderson had discussed, apparently on McDermott’s initiative, an arrangement whereby the San Diego Steam Laundry should handle the work for the Barbara Worth Hotel at El Centro and he transport its laundry back and forth between El Centro and San Diego, for appellant’s establishment, at the same time that he transported the laundry for the overall concern. Albert J. Anderson took McDermott to the Imperial Valley on Sunday, January 15, 1928, with the idea of working out this arrangement. One Conway, manager of the Barbara Worth…