Chinnis v. Pomona Pump Co.

THOMPSON, J., pro tem.

This action arose out of a collision between an automobile and a truck at the intersection of two highways two miles south of Shafter in Kern County, on March 7, 1937. Plaintiff E. G-. Chinnis was driving his automobile and riding with him in the car were his wife Verna Mae Chinnis, who died as a result of injuries sustained in the collision, their daughter Nellie Louise Chinnis, aged 10 years, and their niece Mary Frances Hilderbrand, aged 5 years. The truck was driven in the course of his employment by defendant Minnick, an employee of defendant Diehl, who owned the…