Ragsdale v. Love

1. The owner of an automobile owes a duty to others lawfully riding in it, while it is being operated either by him or through him by his authorized agent, to exercise due care and diligence in its maintenance and operation.

2. It is a question of fact whether the owner of an automobile who is operating it along a public road, through himself or his authorized agent, is guilty of negligence as respects an occupant lawfully in thfe automobile at the time, in operating it at a speed of from 40 to 50 miles an hour, where one of the tires is worn out and abused to such an extent that it is unfit…