Laughlin

Action for damages brought by the heirs at law of Flora Mabel Laughlin, deceased, claiming that decedent met her death in an automobile accident by reason of the negligence of the defendants. The accident occurred about 9 o’clock in the evening of May 16, 1927, on the main highway running between the towns of Tracy and Liver-more. Decedent was riding in a Ford touring car, accompanied by a relative, Mr. William Laughlin. The ear was being driven by one Stewart Armstrong. The party had taken the husband of the deceased to his work and was returning to the Laughlin home. Deceased was seated in the tonneau with her two minor children, the elder being three years old and the younger some thirteen months, and the car was proceeding along the highway in a westerly direction. The accident occurred at Altamount, opposite the Summit Garage. At this place the paved portion of the highway is twenty feet in width, with a gravel road on either side. Defendant G. E. Houghton had driven a Mack truck, the body of which was some eighteen feet in length, in front of the garage, facing in an easterly direction toward Tracy, and he desired to turn the truck around for the purpose of proceeding in the…