Westerberg v. Motor Truck Service Co.

The real plaintiff is Karl S. Westerberg who, at the time of the automobile collision out of which the cases arise, was 13 years of age. He had asked and been accorded the privilege of riding a short distance on a Ford touring car. Although invited by the driver to occupy a seat in the tonneau, he elected to stand on the right hand running-board. While he was in that position there was a collision -between the Ford and a truck at a street intersection, the truck approaching from the right and at a speed variously estimated at from á to 9 miles per hour. The touring car may have been going…