Otago Aero Club (Incorporated) v John H Stevenson Limited - [1957] NZLR 471

Master and Servant — Scope of Authority — Bailment — Charter of Aircraft from Club by Club Member for flying it Himself to transact Business for His Employer — Aircraft destroyed in consequence of such Employee's Negligence — Claim against Employer for Value of Aircraft — True Basis of Claim arising from Relationship of Bailor and Bailee — Employer liable only if Employee had Actual or Ostensible Authority to enter into Such Relationship — No Evidence to support Jury's Finding of Employer's Responsibility — Use of Aircraft for Self-piloted Flight so Radical a Departure from Authorized Mode of Travel as not to be regarded a Mode of doing what was authorized.