JONES v. KING

No. 7489.

113 F.2d 522 (1940)

JONES v. KING.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided June 17, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Harry Welch and C. Booker Powell, both of Washington, D. C., for appellant.

William R. Lichtenberg, David A. Hart, and Joseph B. Danzansky, all of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Before MILLER, EDGERTON, and VINSON, Associate Justices.


EDGERTON, Associate Justice.

Appellee has recovered damages for injury by appellant's automobile. Appellant had a monthly storage and delivery contract with a garage, and at the time of the accident one of its employees was delivering the car to her, as she expected, in response to her telephone call. She did not select the driver. There was evidence that he was negligent. The sole question is whether the District Court was right in instructing the jury to find for...

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