Jackson v. Brown & Kleinhenz, Inc.

Plaintiff’s intestate was struck and killed by an automobile driven by the defendant Juan Lord. The automobile was owned by the respondent Forbes Motor Agency, Inc., of Olean, New York. Several months before the accident it was taken by the defendant Brown & Kleinhenz, Inc., of Nunda, New York, several miles distant from Olean, for the purpose of effecting a sale. The sale was not made, but it remained in the possession of Brown & Kleinhenz, Inc. There was testimony from which the jury might have found that Brown & Kleinhenz, Inc., had purchased it, that being the contention of respondent,…