English v. Dhane

This cause is a consolidation of three suits filed by Dhane et ah, respondents, against Arthur English, petitioner, and John J. Peters, for damages for personal injuries sustained by them in a collision of the automobile in which they were riding and one owned by English but driven by Peters. The trial court rendered judgment for respondents on a jury verdict. Only English appealed. The Court of Civil Appeals affirmed. 286 S.W. 2d. 666.

The controlling question here is whether Peters was the agent of English in driving the latter’s car at the time of the collision. It is thus stated in Point…