Adams v. Williams

Schaeffer, J.,

In this action of trespass plaintiff, as owner of a truck, sued defendant, -as owner of the automobile, for its negligent operation by defendant’s son. The court entered a compulsory non-suit. The question involved is the liability, if any, of the father for the alleged negligence of his minor son who was driving the father’s automobile with the father’s permission on the son’s return to Franklin and Marshall College at Lancaster, Pa., to begin his junior scholastic year.

The evidence shows that the son used the car of his father with the latter’s consent. The son had a driver’s…