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405 F.2d 620

Docket No. 26390.

Faircloth v. Hester

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided Dec. 19, 1968.

Rehearing Denied Jan. 8, 1969.

Certiorari Denied March 3, 1969.

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1968-12-19

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently December 1968

1 federal appellate ·

2 counsel of record

Relies on 96 Ga. App. 778 - Warnock v. Elliott · 101 Ga. App. 120 - Cornett v. McWaters

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Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1968-12-19

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¶1See 89 S.Ct. 994.

¶2*621L. B. Kent, Columbus, Ga., Dan W. D’Alemberte, Chattahoochee, Fla., for appellants.

¶3Richard Y. Bradley, Columbus, Ga.; Jesse G. Bowles, Cuthbert, Ga.; and Hatcher, Stubbs, Land & Rothschild, Columbus, Gá., for appellee.

¶4Before BELL and COLEMAN, Circuit Judges, and BOYLE, District Judge.

¶5PER CURIAM:

¶6This appeal from a judgment in an automobile collision diversity case raises two questions as to the District Court’s charge to the jury. The first question is whether the evidence warranted submission to the jury of the issue whether the driver of the car in which appellant was riding, Sullivan, was appellant’s agent. If the jury could have found agency, then a verdict premised on imputed negligence and comparative negligence was not out of order. In Warnock v. Elliott, 96 Ga.App. 778, 789, 101 S.E. 2d 591, 599 (1957), the Georgia Court of Appeals said: “If there is any evidence tending to establish the agency, the questions should be submitted to a jury.” The evidence indicates that Sullivan was a friend of appellant’s daughter. He agreed to drive appellant from Chattahoochee, Florida, to Columbus, Georgia, and return. Appellant told Sullivan where to go, when to leave, when to start back, and purchased the gasoline for the trip. This was sufficient evidence for the submission of the agency question to the jury. Cf. Cornett v. McWaters, 101 Ga.App. 120, 122, 112 S.E.2d 797 (1960).

¶7The second question concerns possible confusion or prejudice that might have resulted from the charge as to burden of proof. Our view is that the charge when read as a whole is in no way confusing or prejudicial.

¶8Affirmed.

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