Cook v. Hall

Opinion op the Court by

Clay, Comissioner

Reversing.

These are consolidated actions in which appellees obtained judgments for personal injuries and property damage allegedly caused by the negligence of appellant’s son in the operation of a delivery truck. Several grounds are urged for reversal, but we only deem it necessary to consider the right of appellant to a directed verdict.

Appellant’s son, 15 years of age, took the truck out at night for a joy ride. He lost control of it as a result of skidding or otherwise and collided with the automobile in which appellees were riding. There was ample…