Crisp v. Wright

Mrs. Mary M. Wright instituted suit against W. G. Crisp, to recover damages to the plain tiff’s automobile allegedly resulting from the negligence of the defendant in the operation of the automobile by his authorized agent, or in the operation of the automobile by one who at the time was drunk, to whom the defendant had entrusted the automobile with knowledge of this person’s drunken condition.

It appeared from the evidence that the plaintiff had left her automobile parked on a public street between 12 and 1 o’clock at night, without any lights thereon, in violation of the law, and that the…