JENSEN v. TRADERS & GENERAL INS. CO.

Docket No. S.F. 20212.

52 Cal.2d 786 (1959)

345 P.2d 1

RAYMOND H. JENSEN et al., Appellants, v. TRADERS AND GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY (a Corporation), Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

October 23, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheridan, Hoffman & Mendel, Nichols, Williams, Morgan & Digardi and Edward M. Digardi for Appellants.

Partridge, O'Connell, Partridge & Fall, Partridge, O'Connell & Partridge and Wallace O'Connell for Respondents.

Stanley Mosk, Attorney General, Harold B. Haas, Deputy Attorney General, Bronson, Bronson & McKinnon, Betts, Ely & Loomis, Early, Maslach, Foran & Williams, Moss, Lyon & Dunn, Snow & Holle, Veatch, Thomas & Carlson, Spray, Gould & Bowers, Frank Woodhead, Henry F. Walker, Perry H. Taft, Watters & Donovan, James B. Donovan, Patrick J. Hughes, John N. Reid, and Weinstock, Anderson, Maloney & Chase as Amici Curiae on behalf of Respondents.


McCOMB, J.

From a judgment in favor of defendant after trial before a jury in an action to recover upon an accident insurance policy, plaintiffs appeal.

Facts: On April 19, 1951, John DiMatteo signed a conditional sales contract for the purchase of a used car for his minor son, plaintiff Vincent DiMatteo. The contract contained a request that the seller obtain insurance in a company acceptable to it and include...

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