The court observed that, the law makes the owner or bailee of a car vicariously
responsible for the negligence of the person driving it, if, but only if, that
person is (a) his servant and driving the car in the course of his employment, or
(b) his authorized agent driving the car for and on his behalf. The further stated
that the appellant had failed to prove that establish the existence of the
agency relationship, necessary to show that the driver was using the vehicle at
the owner's request, express or implied or on his instructions, and was doing
so in performance of the task or duty thereby delegated to him by the owner.
The appeal failed