Valencia v. Dixon

OPINION

SUTIN, Judge.

This is an appeal from a directed verdict in favor of the Dixons in an automobile guest case accident.

We reverse.

The defendant, Donald Eugene Dixon, called Gene, owned a 1964 Pontiac. Gene and Valencia were personal friends. On May 19, 1968, at 3 :00 a. m., Gene was driving Valencia and another passenger from San Mateo to Grants, New Mexico, on State Road 53. About 18 miles south of San Mateo, Gene was driving 80 to 90 miles per hour in a 55 mile per hour zone. Valencia was asleep at the time of the accident. Gene was familiar with the highway and with the curve where the…