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· 12/21/1959

Driver v. Smith

Citations

  • 339 S.W.2d 135
  • 47 Tenn. App. 505
  • 1959 Tenn. App. LEXIS 139

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding doctrine could apply when daughter, at time of accident, disobeyed parents’ instruction not to drive outside city limits
  • “[I]f at the time of the accident it should be assumed that [the daughter/driver] was exceeding her authorized speed limit certainly it could not be contended that such disobedience relieved the father of liability.”

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Judges: Carney, Avery, Bejach

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