Hunter v. Embree

Bell, Chief Judge.

Edith Hunter and Mary F. Stanley filed separate negligence actions for damages sustained in an automobile accident. Defendant answered and filed indentical counterclaims against each. Mary Stanley’s case was tried before a jury. During the trial it was stipulated that plaintiff, Hunter, who was operating the Stanley car at the time of the accident, was the agent in fact of Mary Stanley who was a passenger. The jury was charged that the negligence of the agent was imputable to the principal and that if the parties were equally negligent, neither could recover. The jury found…