Pope v. Halpern

This is an appeal under section 953a of the Code of Civil Procedure from a judgment following a verdict in favor of plaintiff. for $2,044.50 as damages for the death of his minor son, which resulted from a collision between an automobile driven by defendant and a motorcycle driven by one Clarence Gams, upon which the decedent was riding as a guest.

In arriving at their verdict for the plaintiff the jury thereby resolved in his favor any conflict in the evidence, so that the facts disclosed by the record may, for the purposes of the appeal, be stated as follows: The plaintiff’s son, Miles,…