Jones

F. A. Jones, a resident of California, appeals from a judgment against him in favor of Mildred Bell Weaver, as administratrix of the estate of Clyde E. Weaver, deceased, in the sum of $10,000 damages and costs; and from a judgment against him in favor of Josephine Thompson, as administratrix of the estate of Edwin C. Thompson, deceased, in the same amount, both judgments having been rendered upon verdicts after trial by jury. The plaintiffs were at the time of the bringing of the actions residents of the State of Arizona. The cases were consolidated for trial, and the appeal in each case raises the same issues. For convenience we shall refer to the appellees as plaintiffs and to the appellant as defendant.

Defendant and the driver of the automobile in which the defendant was riding at the time of the accident which is the basis of the judgments appealed from were at all times material to the issues of this case husband and wife and residents of the State of California. Neither the defendant nor his wife owned any property at the time of their marriage, which occurred in California in the year 1924, nor did either of them during the marriage status acquire *405 any property…