Lundquist
Lundquist v. Lundstrom
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Beaumont, J.
This is an appeal from a judgment of nonsuit. The action was for damages resulting from the alleged negligent operation by defendants of an automobile in the city of Los Angeles on May 14, 1925. There are four defendants: (1) Marcus Lundstrom, a minor; (2) his mother, Mrs W. N. Lundstrom, who signed his application for a driver’s license; (3) Gilbert Talbot, a minor, and (4) his mother, Alma Talbot, who signed her son’s application for an operator’s license. Marcus Lundstrom owned the automobile, but at the time of injury to plaintiff Mrs. Lundquist, defendant Gilbert Talbot was driving. This was with the consent of the owner, who was seated in the machine. As the automobile approached a street intersection, Mrs. Lundquist and her daughter were attempting to cross the street in the course of the approaching machine. They were coming toward the path of the automobile from the right. The driver, Talbot, according to his own statement, did not see them. The daughter, observing the approaching machine, returned to a place of safety on the curb. Marcus Lundstrom, observing Mrs. Lundquist in a position of danger, shouted, “Look out, there is a lady!’’ Talbot, the driver, thinking she…