MITCHELL v. BURDEN BROTHERS, INC.

46970.

126 Ga. App. 75 (1972)

189 S.E.2d 909

MITCHELL v. BURDEN BROTHERS, INC.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided April 13, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neely, Freeman & Hawkins, Andrew J. Hamilton, for appellant.

Hurt, Hill & Richardson, James C. Hill, W. Seaborn Jones, for appellee.


EBERHARDT, Judge.

1. We reverse. "If the bailor sends his own agents with the thing bailed, as a driver for his horse, then the hirer is bound, either to the bailor or to third persons, only for the consequences of his own directions and for gross neglect." Code § 12-203. "It is generally held that, where an owner of a motor vehicle hires it, together with the driver, to another, the latter having no supervision or control of the servant's mechanical operation...

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