Fuller v. Metcalf

Automobile accident case. Verdict for plaintiff. Brought forward on defendant’s motion and exceptions.

The automobile which collided with the plaintiff’s car was owned by the defendant and her husband and at the time of the accident was driven by their minor daughter.

It appears that on August 18, 1924 the daughter, Georgia, was planning to go to a dance accompanying a young gentleman named Ridley. He telephoned from Augusta that he had missed the car that he had intended to take. Thereupon, Georgia asked her father’s permission to use the automobile to go after Mr. Ridley. The father testified…