Hansen v. Kuhn

The controlling question in this case is whether the appellee, Van Druff, as the assignee from the vendor in a conditional sales contract of a motor truck to Kuhn, the vendee, was the “owner”, under paragraph 8 of section 4863, of the Code of 1935, so as to be liable, under section 5026, to one injured by Kuhn in the operation of said truck. It is very questionable whether there is any liability under the facts attending the collision, as they appear from the record, but we believe the answer to the legal question above stated is decisive of the case. For clarity we will refer to Kuhn, as the…