Demerest v. Edith Guild & Metropolitan Life Insurance

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Kays, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment entered in the Supreme Court. The case was tried at the Somerset Circuit. At the close of the plaintiffs’ case the judge directed a verdict of nonsuit in favor of the defendant, the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, on the ground that no agency had been shown between the defendant, Edith Guild, the driver and owner of the car, and the defendant, the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company.

The action was for compensation for injuries sustained by the plaintiffs as a result of a collision between an auto mobile in…