Bradford v. Sargent

Respondent recovered judgment against appellant and defendants for damages suffered in a motor vehicle accident which occurred on G- Street in the city of San Bernardino, between 5 and 6 o’clock on the afternoon of Saturday, June 13, 1931. This appeal is taken by A. M. Sargent alone.

A. M. Sargent was the owner of a Ford coupe. Andy Sargent was his minor son of the age of about sixteen years, and Lee Swartz was a minor of the age of about nineteen years at the time of the accident. A. M. Sargent and his son Andy lived in the city of Colton, and Lee Swartz in the city of San Bernardino.

At about 10 o’clock on the morning of June 13, 1931, defendants Earnest Hartzell and Andy Sargent entered the Ford coupe which was at the residence of appellant in Colton, and Hartzell drove it to the home of a girl friend in San Bernardino where the two boys met Lee Swartz. At about 4 o’clock in the afternoon, some other youth having taken Swartz’s automobile, and he desiring to go to his home on an errand of his own, Swartz and Andy Sargent entered the Ford coupe and went to the Swartz residence. In returning to the home of the young lady, with Swartz driving, the accident happened which caused…