Court Opinion

ID: 3381840
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-07-05 18:31:01.584029+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:46:29.716121
License: Public Domain

The declaration seeks to hold both defendants (plaintiffs in error here) liable for an injury caused by the alleged negligence of Jesse Rice, Jr., on the ground that he was at the time driving the car as the agent of both defendants, Jesse Rice, his father, and the Orlando Tire Company, a corporation, of which Jesse Rice, Sr., was the president. The tire company was the owner of the car, but when the accident happened Jesse Rice, Jr., was using the car as the agent of his father, who had sent him on a personal errand for the convenience and benefit of his father. So the allegation that Jesse Rice, Jr., was acting as the agent of the tire company was not sustained and the judgment should therefore be reversed. The declaration was not based on the rule laid down in Herr v. Butler, 101 Fla. 1125,  132 So. 815.
ELLIS, J., concurs in the dissenting opinion by Mr. Justice BROWN.