Whitechat v. Guyette

THE COURT. —

Defendant appeals from a judgment rendered by the trial court after a jury verdict awarding plaintiffs, as surviving widow and minor child, $8,000 damages for the alleged wrongful death of one David Whitechat. The death occurred when the automobile in which the deceased was riding overturned while being driven from Fresno to Stockton. The defendant owned and was driving the car at the time of the accident. The occupants of the car/ other than defendant, were officers of the Fresno Chapter of the Young Men’s Institute and, as such, were going to Stockton to attend a business…