Sargent v. Williams

Our petitioners, Mrs. Sargent et al., respectively sued in their own right and as next friends of Nancy Sue Sargent and Betty Lou Smith (aged 13 and 14 years, respectively,- at all material times) on account of accidental injuries sustained by these minors while riding as guests or non-paying occupants of an automobile of the defendant-respondent, Carl Williams, then in possession of and driven by his 13-year old son, defendant-respondent, Jerry Williams, on a social trip of the three children from Tahoka to Lubbock. A verdict established in effect a case of responsible negligence on the part…