Leasing, Inc. v. Dan-Cleve Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• finding there was sufficient evidence that defendant father negligently entrusted his vehicle to his son when father knew son often drank alcohol in excess, father allowed son to use vehicle without restriction
• “Where it is doubtful whether a servant in injuring a third person was acting within the scope of his authority, the doubt will be resolved against the master_”
• “Where it is doubtful whether a servant in injuring a third person was acting within the scope of his authority, the doubt will be resolved against the master. . . .”
• despite reckless conduct by son of taxi owner, specifically, driving at illegal speed at time of accident, evidence justified finding that son was still in employ of father at time of accident
• where owner of a taxi permitted his son to drive it for personal use, knowing that he was given to drinking and likely to drive while intoxicated, owner was liable for injuries caused by son when he had been drinking

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).