Cohen v. Whiteman

As I understand the law in respect to the “family-purpose doctrine,” it is that the head of a family is liable for the negligence of the authorized driver of a family-purpose car because the furnishing of the car for family purposes is the business of the owner and constitutes the members of the family for whom the ear is furnished agents of the owner in the prosecution of his business. The liability of the owner is based exclusively on the agency of the family member. Dougherty v. Woodward, 21 Ga. App. 427 (94 S. E. 636); Griffin v. Russell, 144 Ga. 275 (supra). It seems to me that the…