Brown v. Sohn

CULLEN, Commissioner.

In Walter Brown’s action against Charles R. Sohn for damages for personal injuries sustained in an accident involving an automobile driven by Sohn with Brown as a passenger, the trial court entered a summary judgment dismissing Brown’s claim. Brown has appealed.

The automobile had been borrowed by Brown and for the purposes of this case may be considered as belonging to him. At the time of the accident Sohn was driving, his request for permission to do so having been granted by Brown. The two men were returning from a party which they had attended.

The theory of the trial…