Miller v. Shegogue

The only question here involved is one of agency. The appellant instituted an action against the appellee for personal injuries allegedly suffered as a result of an automobile, in which the appellant was a passenger, being driven off the highway, at about 2 A. M. in the morning, by a garageman with whom it had been left for repairs.

The son of the appellee had purchased the automobile, and, as the money to pay for it had to be borrowed and the son was under age, it was titled in the appellee’s name. The appellee did not use the car for his own purposes at all. It was left by appellee’s son,…