THOMPSON v. LACEY

Docket No. L.A. 22890.

42 Cal.2d 443 (1954)

267 P.2d 1

GUDRUN S. THOMPSON, as Administratrix, etc., Appellant, v. SHERMAN LACEY, as Administrator, etc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

March 5, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luce, Forward, Kunzel & Scripps and Edgar A. Luce, Jr., for Appellant.

Gray, Cary, Ames & Frye, Ward W. Waddell, Jr., and Alfred S. Wilkins for Respondent.


CARTER, J.

A judgment of nonsuit, the subject of this appeal, was entered in plaintiff's action for the death of her husband, Virgil T. Thompson, allegedly caused by the negligence or wilful misconduct of Donald Kerns in operating a car in which Thompson was riding. The administrator of the Kerns' estate is defendant, plaintiff having dismissed the action as to defendants Kelley-Moyer Transportation Company and Charles Fogle.

The sole issues are whether Thompson...

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