NORDAHL v. PETERSON

No. 443.

68 Wis.2d 538 (1975)

229 N. W. 2d 682

NORDAHL and wife, Respondents, v. PETERSON, Defendant: STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Wisconsin.

Decided June 3, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

For the appellant there was a brief by L. E. Sheehan and Moen, Sheehan & Meyer, Ltd., all of La Crosse, and oral argument by L. E. Sheehan.

For the respondents there was a brief by LaVern G. Kostner and Fugina, Kostner, Ward, Kostner & Galstad, all of Arcadia, and oral argument by LaVern G. Kostner.


DAY, J.

The principal question on this appeal is whether the consent of the titleholder and named insured to operate the motor vehicle is implied as a matter of law where the permission to operate the vehicle is from the minor permittee of said titleholder and named insured, when the minor permittee is for all practical purposes the real owner of the vehicle and exercises ownership control over such vehicle. The question involves the interpretation of the omnibus...

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