NuGrape Bottling Co. v. Knott

1. The owner of an automobile who has intrusted it to another not his agent or servant, to be used by the latter for his own pleasure or amusement and not in the prosecution of the business of the owner, is responsible for damage proximately resulting from the negligent operation of the automobile by the person to whom it has been intrusted, where the latter is known to the owner to be a reckless and incompetent driver of an automobile, and, by reason of his age, legally incompetent to operate an automobile. 42 C. J. 1078.

2. Where one operates a bottling plant where soft drinks are bottled…