Joyner v. Holland

(dissenting) :

I must disagree with my associates’ decision upholding imposition of liability by the trial court upon appellant under the Automobile Financial Responsibility Act (40 D.C.Code, 1961 § 424).

The majority opinion recites the common law rule that “proof that the automobile was owned by the defendant at the time of the accident establishes a prima facie case for the plaintiff.” This rule was laid down in Curry v. Stevenson, 58 App.D.C. 162, 163, 26 F.2d 534, 535 (1928), a case decided before the statute in question was enacted *543and involving singular ownership of the vehicle involved.…