Anderson v. Lehner

Plaintiff sued Yernon Lehner and his son Harían Lehner for damages sustained in an automobile collision. The petition alleged Yernon Lehner owned the car which Harlan was driving with his father’s permission at the time it collided with plaintiff’s car. The defendants both testified the owner had not consented to Harlan’s use of the car, and at the close of all of the evidence the trial court directed the verdict for Vernon Lehner but submitted the case to the jury on the cause of action against the son Harlan and the counterclaim of Yernon against the plaintiff. The jury returned a verdict…