Court Opinion

ID: 9815307
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 00:38:26.516251+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:01:33.406696
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On Application for rehearing.

Per Curiam.

Plaintiff has filed an application for rehearing, with brief, in which he argues that there is a rebuttable presumption that Frances Lisitz was operating the automobile at the time of the accident in question with the consent of Klein, the owner. *307Bailey v. Weaver, 67 Ohio App., 259, 35 N. E. (2d), 1006.
In the instant ease, as in the Bailey case, the rebut-table presumption was completely overcome by substantial evidence to the contrary. Through his deposition, Klein, the owner, testified, inter alia, that he was out of town at the time the accident occurred, that he did not go to the scene of the accident, and that he did not talk to any policemen investigating the accident. He testified further that he never authorized Prances Lisitz to operate his automobile.
The plaintiff repeats arguments previously presented that the testimony of the policemen, given in connection with their investigation of the accident after it had occurred, was not hearsay and was competent as admissions against interest both against the owner, Klein, and the substituted defendant insurance company. We believe this proposition was fully covered in the opinion filed herein on November 24, 1952.
To repeat, it is our view that inasmuch as Klein was not a party defendant, having been dismissed from the action by plaintiff prior to taking a default judgment against Prances Lisitz, the operator of the automobile, the statements of the policemen were not competent as admissions against interest either as against Klein or the defendant insurance company.
Por the reasons stated, we adhere to the decision heretofore entered herein, and the application for rehearing is denied.

Application denied.

Skeel, P. J., and Hurd, J., concur.
Kovachy, J., not participating.