Batt v. San Diego Sun Publishing Co., Ltd.

—Plaintiffs are the sole heirs at law of their minor son, Edgar Irwin Batt, who was killed in a collision with an automobile driven by a minor, Boyd S. Cottrell, with the consent of his parents, Hilda S. and Fred Cottrell. The San Diego Sun Publishing Company was joined as defendant on the theory that Boyd S. Cottrell was its employee engaged in the business of the employer at the time of the fatal accident. Plaintiffs recovered judgment against all the defendants, and the San Diego Sun Publishing Company, Ltd., has appealed from the judgment and from the order denying its motion for judgment…