Legal Opinion

May v. Palm Beach Chemical Company

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided January 21, 1955PublishedCited by 36 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

77 So.2d 468 (1955)

Katherine MAY, Appellant,

v.

PALM BEACH CHEMICAL COMPANY, Inc., a Florida corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida. Special Division A.

January 21, 1955.

H. Irwin Levy, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Earnest, Lewis, Smith & Jones, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

SEBRING, Justice.

Palm Beach Chemical Company, Inc., lent its automobile to William Charles May, an employee, to be used by him on a purely personal mission. While driving the car on the highway, with the knowledge and consent of the owner, May wrecked the vehicle, and his wife, a passenger, was injured. Mrs. May…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Southern Cotton Oil Co. v. AndersonSupreme Court of Florida · 1920
  2. Doremus v. RootWashington Supreme Court · 1901
  3. Schubert v. August Schubert Wagon Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1928
  4. Maine v. James Maine & Sons Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1924
  5. Chase v. New Haven Waste Material CorporationSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1930

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3Cited by36 opinions

  1. Florida Power and Light Co. v. PriceSupreme Court of Florida · 1964
  2. Jaar v. University of MiamiDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1985
  3. Ard v. ArdSupreme Court of Florida · 1982
  4. Peter L. Johnson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
  5. Orefice v. AlbertSupreme Court of Florida · 1970

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