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М aagga *:z52 a@.I  ` ThecomplaintallegesthatonAugust21,1993,MaryB.Nortonowned  certainpropertylocatedinStrawbberrybccPlains,KnoxCounty,Tennessee,whichwasmanagedbyherson,thecodefendantLloydNorton,whowasallegedtohavebeenheragent,servantandemployee.TheplaintiffwasallegedlyaguestofthetenantsofthepropertywhenhewasshotbyLloydNorton. ` MaryB.NortonfiledheranswerdenyingthatLloydNortonwasheragent,servantoremployee,andaverringthatshehadnoknowledgeoftheshootingincident. ` TheplaintiffamendedhiscomplainttoallegethatLloydNortonwasthebeneficialownerofthepropertybecausehetransferredittohismotherin1984withoutconsideration.Alternatively,theplaintiffallegedthatLloydNortonownedthepropertyasajointventuredrdorpartnerwithhismother.   #  1       ,|  ` ThecomplaintwasagainamendedtoallegethatthedefendantswerelandlordswithinthemeaningofT.C.A.6628105(5)and weresubjecttothedutiesofalandlordtoprovideessentialserviceswithinthemeaningofeeT.C.A.6628502(3),whichLloydNortonallegedlyviolatedby shuttingoffutilities,arminghimselfwithapistol,andbyshootingapistolattheplaintiff.TheseactionswereallegedtohavebeentheresultofnegligenceonthepartofLloydNorton,whowasactingonbehalfofhismother. ` Noanswerwasfiledtotheamendedcomplaint. ` Theplaintifffiledmotionsforsummaryjudgment onthequestionofLloydNortonsliabilityfornegligenceandstatutoryviolations,and onthequestionofMaryNortonsvicariousliabilityforLloydNortonsnegligenceandstatutoryviolations.Thesemotionsweredenied. 720  ` Insupportofhermotionforsummaryjudgmentf,fMaryNortonfiledheraffidavit,testifyingthatshewas81yearsold,thatsheownedthepropertywhereLloydNortonwasresiding,thatshehadnoknowledgeoftheshooting,thatLloydwasneitherheremployeenormanageroftheproperty,andthatsheallowedhimtolive freeofchargeonthatpropertyandtocollectandkeeptherents. ` ThediscoverydepositionsofLloydNortonandMaryNortonwerefiled,togetherwiththetranscribedtestimonyofLloydNortongiveninthecriminalcourt.TheaffidavitsanddepositionsrevealthattheplaintiffwasinvitedtothepropertybyJeanneParker,LloydNortonsgirlfriend.TherewereotherspresentwhomLloydNortondescribedas nasty,longhaired,meanandstoned.Heaskedthemtoleavetheapartment;theydeclined,andhedisconnectedtheelectricity.Oneofthemrestoredthepower,andLloydNortonagaingdisconnectedtheelectricityggmovedthedisconnectg,andlockedtheswitch.Theplaintiffthereuponremovedorbrokethelockandrestoredthepower.LloydNortonthenarmedhimself,accostedtheplaintiff,andshothim.Hetestifiedvariouslythat Ishothim,and Iwasscaredofhimandshotintotheground. ` TheplaintiffallegesthatNortonnegligentlyshothim,nothavingintendedtodoso,andthatsummaryjudgmentisordinarilynotappropriateinnegligencecases,citingBowmanv.,Hhenardhhowardh,547S.W.2d527(Tenn.1977).Butsummaryjudgment *@&$ isappropriateifthefactsrevealthatasamatteroflaw(1)therelationshipofmasterservantdidnotexist,or(2)ifitdid,thattheactsoftheagentwerenotwithinthescopeofhisauthorityorduties.See,Winfordv.HawisseeeeApt.Complex,812 P1,* S.W.2d293(Tenn.App.1991).ToholdLloydNortonliable,theplaintiffmustshowthathewasanemployeeofhismother,thathewasonthebusinessofhismotherwhenheshottheplaintiff,andthathewasactingwithinthescopeofhisemployment.Tenn.FarmersMutualIns.Co.v.AmericanMutualIns.Co.,840 9 52 S.W.2d933(Tenn.App.1992).WeagreewiththeappelleethatthedepositionsofthepartiesdonotrevealascintillaofevidencethattherelationshipbetweenLloydNortonandMaryNortonwasanythingotherthanmotherandson.LloydNortoncontrolledtheproperty,renteditashechose,paidtheexpenses,andkepttheremainder. ` Thejudgmentisaffirmedatthecostsoftheappellant. `     h     _______________________________ `     h     WilliamH.Inman,SeniorJudgeCONCUR:_______________________________HoustonM.Goddard,PresidingJudge_______________________________DonT.McMurray,Judge