Dunn v. Merrill

These actions all grow out of a collision between an automobile operated by the minor plaintiff and alleged to have been owned by other plaintiffs and an automobile *175of the defendant. The only issue is whether in each case the judge should have directed a verdict for the defendant on the ground that the automobile operated by the minor plaintiff was not legally registered in the name of “the owner” under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 90, § 2, as amended.

The burden of proof on this issue rested upon the defendant. Conroy v. Mather, 217 Mass. 91, 94. LeBlanc v. Cutler Co. 305 Mass. 283, 285. The ruling of…