Mugleston v. Glaittli

McDonough, justice.

Defendant owned an automobile and a panel truck. On September 13, 1950, while hurriedly preparing to attend a show with his wife and another couple, defendant warned his 15-year-old son to leave the cars alone except to drive them into the yard and to particularly not get any “bright or funny ideas” about driving them elsewhere. As soon as defendant left, and evidently in conformity with a preconceived arrangement among several neighborhood youngsters, including the plaintiff, the defendant’s son drove the car into the yard, piled the youngsters into the panel truck and…