T. A. T. Flying Service Inc. v. Adamson

1. An ordinance of the City of Atlanta provides that “It shall be unlawful to leave any aircraft upon said field [referring to the city airport] with the motor running, unless the pilot or mechanic shall be in the same.” This ordinance is a reasonable one, and a violation thereof by one as a result of which the person or property of another is damaged constitutes negligence per se.

2. Accordingly, where the plaintiff left his airplane with the defendant to be mechanically tested, and, in completing the test, one of the defendant’s servants took the plane aloft and flew the same for a short…