LAND v. NIEHAUS

SC 1753.

340 So.2d 760 (1976)

Homer D. LAND, Sr. v. Thomas A. NIEHAUS, Individually and as father and next friend of Theresa L. Niehaus, a minor.

Supreme Court of Alabama.

December 10, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. G. Culpepper, Jr., and Charles S. Coody, Smith, Bowman, Thagard, Crook & Culpepper, Montgomery, for appellant.

Joseph T. Carpenter and Philip S. Gidiere, Jr., Montgomery, for appellee.


EMBRY, Justice.

In this case one issue is whether, as a matter of law, a parent can be guilty of negligent entrustment of a motorcycle to his minor son when the parent had no legal title or interest in it and had not purchased it for the child nor contributed toward its purchase.

The other issue is whether the evidence authorizes a jury to find the parent guilty of negligent failure to control, discipline or supervise...

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