Powell v. Jones

Plaintiff appeals from a judgment of nonsuit in an action in which she sought to recover damages for personal injuries allegedly caused by defendants’ negligence.

The facts developed at the trial have been embodied in a settled statement. We have extracted therefrom those portions pertinent to the determination of the propriety of the nonsuit. As thus edited, and with emphasis' supplied in all cases, the facts recited are as follows:

“Mary Jessie Powell, the plaintiff . . . herein, was taken to the house of Mr. and Mrs. A. Q. Jones on August 21, 1952, in the afternoon, by Mrs. Jones to act as a…