Dempsey v. Frazier
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the circuit court of Winston county. Hon. H: H. Rodgebs, Judge. ' Suit by J. D. Frazier against D. D. Dempsey and others. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant named appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. A father is not liable for the torts of a minor son, unless the relation of master and servant exists between 119 Miss.] them.
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Appeal from the circuit court of Winston county. Hon. H: H. Rodgebs, Judge. ' Suit by J. D. Frazier against D. D. Dempsey and others. Prom a judgment for plaintiff, defendant named appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. A father is not liable for the torts of a minor son, unless the relation of master and servant exists between 119 Miss.] them. Ill this case, the father made his son a present of the car, which the son used as a service car and for profit unto himself alone. The son was between eighteen and nineteen years of age. The court erred in refusing a…
1Opinion of the CourtSykes, J.
Appellee, J. D. Frazier, filed suit in the circuit court against D. D. Dempsey, Eugene Dempsey, and Tom Dempsey, for daniages sustained to a mare owned by appellee, and recovered a judgment against D. D. Dempsey, from which judgment this appeal is prosecuted. D. D. Dempsey is the father of Eugene and Tom Dempsey. The declaration alleged that the three Dempseys were the joint owners of an automobile, which was-negligently being operated by Tom Dempsey at the time of the alleged injury to the mare. The testimony shows that several years previous to the filing of this suit D. D. Dempsey…
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