Medberry

This appeal is prosecuted from a judgment entered against plaintiffs and in favor of defendants. The action was one for damages for personal injuries sustained by the minor pláintiff, who was a guest in an automobile which was overturned near the intersection of Norton Avenue and Fourth Street, in the city of Los Angeles, shortly after 7 o’clock on the evening of September 27, 1933. Plaintiff C. J. Medberry, Jr., was joined as plaintiff in the capacity of guardian ad litem and also individually. Named as defendants are the owner and driver of the guest ear, John Olcovich, a minor, and his parents, Emil Olcovich and Dorothy Olcovich, who had signed his application for a driver’s license.

The complaint herein contains three causes of action; the first of which is for damages under the provisions of section 141% of the California Vehicle Act, as amended by the Statutes of 1931, page 1693, for wilful misconduct of the minor defendant, John Olcovich, driver of the guest ear. In this cause of action the parents of said minor driver are joined as parties defendant upon the theory of imputed liability under the terms of section 62 (b) of the California Vehicle Act, as amended by the…