Hanson

In this action the plaintiffs sought to recover damages for the death of their son Edwin J. Hanson, resulting from an automobile accident • which occurred at the intersection of Lime Street and Twelfth Street in the city of Riverside. Lime Street runs north and south and Twelfth Street east and west. The deceased, who was twenty-seven years old, was driving an automobile westerly on Twelfth Street about 10 o’clock on the morning of a clear day. Julius Hess, Jr., who was about sixteen years of age, was driving another automobile south on Lime Street and the two cars collided at this intersection, which is conceded to have been a “blind corner” within the meaning of the California Vehicle Act. Edwin J. Hanson was almost instantly killed and this action was brought against the driver of the other car, together with his father and mother, who had signed the minor’s application for a license. The action was defended upon the double ground that the deceased had been guilty of contributory negligence and that the driver of the other car had not been guilty of negligence. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendants and from the judgment which followed the plaintiffs have…