joint enterprise

joint enterprise
A term pertinent in the law of imputed negligence. The pursuit of an undertaking by two or more persons having a community of interests in the objects and purposes of the undertaking, and an equal right to direct and govern the movements and conduct of each other. St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Co. v Bell, 58 Okla 84, 159 P 336; Fox v Lavender, 89 Utah 115, 56 P2d 1049, 109 ALR 105. Persons riding in an automobile are not, within the law of negligence, engaged in a joint enterprise unless there is a community of interest in the object and purposes of the undertaking and an equal right to direct and govern the driving of the car, and to determine the point of destination. Sizemore v Hall, 148 Kan 233, 80 P2d 1092; Gardner v Hobbs, 69 Idaho 288, 206 P2d 539, 14 ALR2d 478.

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