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WALKER HALL, INC. v. FINCHER

44548.

120 Ga. App. 193 (1969)

169 S.E.2d 745

WALKER HALL, INC. v. FINCHER et al.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided July 7, 1969.

Rehearing Denied July 30, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert v. Harpe, supra, holds in essence (1) that the owner of an automobile may make it his "business" to maintain it for the use and convenience of his family, and (b) that an adult member of the family when using it in the "business" of the owner as above defined is the owner's agent and the owner is liable for his negligence under the doctrine of respondeat superior. The second proposition is of course even more valid where the "business" of the corporate owner, as here, is one of financial gain and the automobile is being directly used in such business for the transportation of the president of the corporation who is himself engaged at the time in the business of the corporation.

We adhere to the judgment of affirmance.

DEEN, Judge.

1. The president of a corporation is presumed to be its alter ego, and the presumption is even stronger where he is also the sole stockholder. Jack Fred Co. v. Lago, 96 Ga.App. 675, 679 (101 S.E.2d 165) and cit. In the present case Walker Hall was the president and sole stockholder of Walker Hall, Inc., with places of...

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