Aubel

Plaintiff, a minor, by his guardian ad litem, sued for damages for injuries caused by being struck by an automobile driven by the defendant Sosso while the plaintiff was walking along a public highway. The defendants Edith Luciani and Sal Carlo were partners* jointly operating a summer resort known as Carlo’s Resort at Agua Caliente. The automobile was owned at the time by the defendant Luciani, who was also the mother of the defendant Sosso, who was a minor. She is sued because of her ownership of the automobile, as well as her interest as a partner with Carlo, in the management of the resort, upon the theory that the automobile was at the time of the accident being used in the operation of that business. The cause was tried before the court, sitting with a jury, and a general verdict in the sum of $1,350’ was returned. From the judgment which followed the defendants have appealed under the. provisions of section 953a of the Code of Civil Procedure.

The injuries occurred while the defendant Sosso, the minor child of the defendant Luciani, was operating the automobile on a public highway of Agua Caliente in company with some of his boy friends on what they frequently termed a…