Fischer v. McBride

This case presents the question:

“Is the owner of an automobile who permits his daughter to take his car under certain restrictions not to allow any one else to use or drive the car liable for injuries caused by the negligent driving of a third person whom the daughter permits to use the car, when the daughter is not in the car or the car is not being, used for the benefit of the daughter at the time of the accident?”

Defendant Reu L. McBride, residing in Grand Rapids, permitted Hester McBride, his 17-year-old daughter, to take and drive his automobile to attend a week-end party at Spring Lake…