Kirkland v. Crawford

Deen, Presiding Judge.

The sole question involved in this appeal is whether the evidence presented was sufficient to support a finding that the automobile was a family purpose car or whether a directed verdict in favor of the appellant on this issue should have been granted by the trial court. "To come within the application of the [family purpose] doctrine, the defendant must own the automobile, or at least have some recognized property interest in it or supply it, and he must have made it available for family use, rather than for use in his business . . . The car must be found to have been…