Ploetz v. Holt
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in the district court for Winona county against L. J. Holt and Neil Holt to recover $5,000 for personal injuries.
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Action in the district court for Winona county against L. J. Holt and Neil Holt to recover $5,000 for personal injuries. The complaint alleged that the motor vehicle owned by L. J. Holt was kept and used by him as a family vehicle for the convenience and pleasure of his family, including his son Neil, who was permitted by him to operate it as a family vehicle for the use, convenience and pleasure of the wife and family of L. J. Holt, and their friends and guests, and that one of the duties and privileges of said Neil under his employment by L. J. Holt and the family relationship existing…
1Opinion of the Court
Taylor, O.
The parties to this action are farmers residing in the same neighborhood in Winona county. On the afternoon of June 8, 1911, the ladies aid society of the local church held a meeting at the home of one of its members which was attended by plaintiff and by the wife and daughters of defendant L. J. Holt. At the close of the meeting plaintiff’s husband came with a team and buggy to take her home. After she had seated herself in the buggy, but while her husband was still standing upon the ground, defendant Neil Holt drove an automobile owned by his father, defendant L. J. Holt, in close…
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