Keller

The deceased William E. Keller met his death while riding as a guest in an automobile operated by the defendant Frank Cushman, in a collision which occurred between the automobile driven by the defendant and an automobile driven by one Bangs, and this action was prosecuted by the administratrix of the estate of the deceased to recover damages therefor. At the conclusion of the plaintiff’s case the court granted the defendant’s motion for nonsuit, and it is from the judgment entered thereon in favor of the defendant that the plaintiff appeals.

The record shows that the deceased and the defendant had been acquainted for a short time and were in the county of Sutter looking for work; that on the day of the automobile collision referred to herein, they had been out looking for employment, had secured the same and were returning to their respective places of residence, traveling eastward on one of the highways of said county; that while so driving eastward, an automobile driven by one Bangs, being propelled in a northerly direction, collided with the automobile driven by the defendant, at an intersection of two highways in said county. The record shows that the automobile driven by…