Service Wholesale Co. v. Reese

1. Error is assigned in special ground 4 on the following portion of the charge of the court: “If the plaintiff had the right or was under duty to control or influence the driver’s conduct, any negligence of the driver which contributed to causing the collision would be imputable in law to the plaintiff and the plaintiff would be responsible for such conduct of the driver; unless the plaintiff had some such right or was under some such duty, the negligence of the driver, if any, would not be imputable to him, and he would not be responsible therefor.” The italicized part of the excerpt is…