Edgar

Two automobiles driven respectively by the defendants Frank Citraro and C. D. Pratt collided at the intersection of Julian and" Fifth Streets in San Jose about 8 o’clock in the evening. Riding with Citraro at the time were Mrs. Rose Edgar, her minor children Florence and John, and her sister, Mrs. Frances P. Traylen, all of whom were more or less injured. Five actions for damages grew out of the accident. Four were instituted by the injured parties, and the fifth by the parents of Florence Edgar to recover the damages they claimed to have sustained on account of the injuries to their daughter. In all of them Citraro and Pratt were joined as parties defendant, it being charged that the accident resulted from their concurrent negligence.

The actions brought by Florence Edgar and Mrs. Traylen were tried separately before juries and verdicts were rendered against both defendants. The action brought by Edgar and his wife for damages • resulting to them on account of the injuries to their daughter Florence, and the one brought by the boy in his own behalf were tried together before a jury, and a verdict against both defendants was awarded in favor of Edgar and his wife, but it does not…