Putman v. Sanders

REYNOLDS, Justice.

Doris Sanders recovered a money judgment against Joe Putman for damage sustained to her automobile while it was in the possession of Putman who had repaired it at the request of her son. The trial court’s determinations of a bailment and the amount of damage have the requisite evi-dentiary support to hold Putman liable because he failed to rebut the presumption of his negligence. Affirmed.

In January of 1974, Doris Sanders purchased a 1969 Buick automobile for $1,195. She agreed to permit her son, Don Sanders, to use the Buick for job transportation on the condition that he…