Eller v. . Dent

The liability of the defendant, W. L. Dent, is not predicated solely upon the negligence of the son in driving the father’s truck on the day in question (Linville v. Nissen, 162 N. C., 95, 77 S. E., 1096), but upon the alleged negligence of the father in permitting the 15-year-old son to operate his truck upon the highway in violation of law. Taylor v. Stewart, 172 N. C., 203, 90 S. E., 134. If this alleged negligence of the father be the proximate cause, or one of the proximate causes, of plaintiff’s injury, as the jury has so found, then W. L. Dent has properly been held liable in damages…