Hertz Corp. v. Dixon

SACK, Judge.

This case presents the question of the liability of a co-owner of an automobile for damages inflicted on another automobile,, under the circumstances outlined herein.

The appellee Dixon is a minor, and a default and final judgment was entered' against him. To enable Dixon to purchase-the automobile, which was being driven by him at the time of the collision, Gibbs, who-was sui juris and was Dixon’s brother-in-law, signed a conditional sales contract, in which he was designated “Co-Buyer”. The-title to the car was registered in the names, of both defendants, the legal title…