McMickle v. Nickens

HOOD, Associate Judge.

Plaintiff’s automobile was struck and damaged by a truck owned by defendant and driven by his twenty-nine year old son. Plaintiff sued defendant and pitched her case solely on that part of Code 1951, § 40-403, which provides:

“Whenever any motor vehicle, after the passage of this chapter, shall be operated upon the public highways of the District of Columbia by any person oth er than the owner, with the consent of ■ the owner, express or implied, the operator thereof shall, in case of accident, be deemed to be the agent of the owner of such motor vehicle, and the proof of…