Hirsh v. Andrews

While it is doubtless true as a matter of statistics that most automobiles maintained for family pleasure and convenience are owned and maintained by the head of the family, ownership in itself is not the basis of liability under the “family-purpose” doctrine in this State. This is clearly ruled in Hexter v. Burgess, 52 Ga. App. 819 (184 S. E. 769), where the husband’s liability was not altered by the fact that the automobile'which he provided for family use was owned by a corporation of which he was an officer. As the court stated in that case, “Agency, not ownership is the test of…