Jones v. Belle Isle

Suit was brought to recover for tbe hire of two automobiles. The defendant pleaded that the contract sued on was made and performed on Sunday. The evidence shows that on Saturday night, May 25, 1913, about 10 o’clock, the defendant rented *438an automobile from the plaintiff for tbe purpose of calling on some friends. The driver was told to wait, and some time after 12 o’clock the defendant ordered another machine, and both of them were used by him for several hours on Sunday morning in riding for pleasure, or, 'as one witness described it, in “joy riding,” which seems to be a term peculiarly…