Roberts v. Posey

I agree with my colleagues that the judgment of the trial court must be affirmed for the reasons stated in Judge Churchill’s opinion. It was stipulated that the defend*100ant, Leonard Posey, agreed to permit James Montague to use Ms automobile for 1 to 1-1/2 hours for the limited purpose of going to pick up a paycheck and that in violation of the agreement Montague went on an unauthorized excursion culminating over 12 hours later in the collision between the plaintiff’s and Posey’s automobiles.

While the civil liability act makes an owner responsible for injuries occasioned by the negligent…