Havens

This action was instituted by the plaintiff to recover damages from the defendant for and on account of the death of Gordon Leroy Havens, a minor son of the plaintiff, alleged to have been caused by the negligent operation of an automobile by the defendant.

The record shows that on or about the twentieth day of March, 1927, the plaintiff, with whom, his minor son was riding, was driving westerly on a certain paved highway known as and called the Tahoe-Ukiah Highway. At a point about three and one-half miles west of Yuba City this highway is intersected by a public highway known as and called the Hooper Road. While the Hooper Road intersects the Tahoe-Ukiah Highway, it does not cross the same. The defendant, at the same period of time, was driving southerly on the Hooper Road. The record further shows that the board of supervisors of Sutter County had, by ordinance, declared the Tahoe-Ukiah Highway a boulevard, and had placed a stop-signal on the Hooper Road at or near the point' where it connects with the Tahoe-Ukiah Highway. In the collision which occurred between the car driven by the plaintiff and the one driven by the defendant, Gordon Leroy Havens, who at the time was of the…