Chappell v. Palmer

This appeal is from a judgment entered on an order granting a nonsuit in an action brought by a passenger against a minor driver of an automobile and his parents. The action arose out of an intersection collision occurring October 17, 1959, at approximately 7 p.m., in Fresno County. Plaintiff guest and defendant driver in the front seat, and another couple in the back seat who are not parties to this action, were on their way from Corcoran to Coalinga to attend a football game.

Defendant was driving west on Jayne Avenue, a “fairly ordinary country road in pretty fair shape.” The other vehicle…