Gaskill v. Amadon

This action was brought by respondent as the administratrix of her deceased husband, Harry O. Graskill, against the owners and drivers of two cars which had been involved in an automobile collision causing the death of decedent. The negligence alleged against the Barretts, as the owners of a light Ford delivery truck commonly used for the delivery of bakery products, was that they entrusted the driving of the car on the day in question to their son Donald Barrett, who was then a few days less than fourteen years of age; that the brakes were very defective and that they had almost no lining at…