Crockett v. United States

I regret that I cannot concur in the majority opinion in these cases. As these cases seem to me highly important and, further, since the field of liability for injuries received in automobile accidents (particularly when the relation of agency is involved) is one of increasing public concern, I am setting forth, probably at greater length than is customary in. dissenting opinions, reasons for the legal faith that is in me.

Crockett, at the time of the accident, was engaged in the business of selling new and used cars at Princeton, under the name of Central Motor Sales. Holt had been in…