Opinion
Docket No. 5,376.
Decided March 28, 1969.
Appeal from Mecosta, Harold Van Domelen, J. Submitted Division 3 March 12, 1969, at Grand Rapids. (Docket No. 5,376.) Decided March 28, 1969.
Complaint by Marjorie Osborn and Vern A. Osborn, and Citizens Mutual Insurance Company, against Larry Joe Recker and Kraft Foods, a division of National Dairy Products Corporation, for damages resulting from an automobile collision. Judgment for plaintiffs against both defendants. Defendant Kraft Foods appeals. Affirmed.
William A. Harper, for plaintiffs.
Wheeler, Upham, Bryant Uhl, for defendant.
BEFORE: McGREGOR, P.J., and R.B. BURNS and DANHOF, JJ.
Plaintiff, Marjorie Osborn, was injured in a collision with a milk truck driven by defendant, Larry Joe Recker. Thereafter, plaintiffs commenced a suit for damages against defendants. Trial was held in circuit court without a jury and the judge found defendant Recker's negligence the sole proximate cause of plaintiffs' injuries. Further, the judge found that at the time of the collision a principal and agent relationship existed between defendant Recker and defendant Kraft Foods, Inc. Accordingly, judgment was entered jointly against the defendants. From this judgment Kraft Foods appeals solely on the issue whether the court erred in finding that an agency relationship existed.
The trial court made findings of fact which, unless clearly erroneous, are binding upon this Court. A review of the exhibits and testimony supports the findings of the trial court and are sufficient to support the legal conclusion of the existence of an agency relationship. Van Pelt v. Paull (1967), 6 Mich. App. 618; GCR 1963, 517.1; Skuta v. Hribek (1966), 3 Mich. App. 633.
Affirmed with costs to appellees.