Riley v. Speraw

SHERICK, PJ.

The petition in error sets forth several grounds of error, but only one of them is now urged, that being whether the defendant’s daughter was her father’s agent at the time of the accident. It is claimed that the plaintiff having failed to prove, that the daughter was the agent or servant of the father, the court should have sustained the defendant’s repeated motions for a directed verdict and his motion for a new trial.

Counsel for plaintiff in error correctly stress the point that the family purpose doctrine has been repudiated in this state. Elms v Flick, 100 Oh St, 186, 126 NE,…