Waller v. Yarbrough

On the night of November 22, 1958, Noble Waller, who was then almost nineteen years old, was driving his father’s car in the city of Dardanelle. Shortly before midnight the youth ran a stop sign at an excessive speed and struck the appellees’ ear, inflicting personal injuries and property damage. The appellees brought suit against Noble Waller, alleging carelessness in his operation of the automobile, and also against his father, the appellant Eugene Waller, alleging that the elder Waller was negligent in permitting his son to drive “after having prior knowledge that his son habitually drove…