Williamson v. Eclipse Motor Lines, Inc.

The claim of the plaintiff against the defendant is based entirely upon the charge of negligence of the latter in placing its motor vehicle in the care, custody and control of an incompetent driver whose negligent operation of such vehicle on a public highway in this state caused damage to the plaintiff’s automobile.

The relationship of employer and employee is therefore not necessarily involved, for the action does not rest upon- the doctrine of respondeat superior. Such relationship may in some cases have a bearing upon the issue of permission to operate a motor vehicle. The basis of the…