Walters

Judgment for $6,150 was rendered against the defendants pursuant to the verdict of a jury for serious personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff in an automobile casualty, as the result of alleged gross negligence. Flouris Du Four, the minor son of the defendants, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Du Four, was operating the car at the time of the accident.

The parties to this action live at Vallejo. The defendant Flouris Du Four was a minor who held an automobile operator’s license which was previously issued under the provisions of section 62 of the California Vehicle Act, upon the application and with the signatures of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Du Four. The son had been attending the Junior College at Sacramento. For several months prior to the time of the accident he was accustomed to drive his father’s Hupmobile roadster automobile. On the evening of September 20, 1930, the defendant Flouris Du Four, accompanied by three companions who were all sitting in the front seat of this Hupmobile roadster, drove to Airport Chicken Tun, situated on the Napa highway a few miles from Vallejo, where they spent some time in dancing. After midnight the same group started to return in this…