Vee Bar Airport v. De Vries

Plaintiff brought this action to recover the value of an airplane. The airplane was damaged while being flown by defendant. The jury returned a verdict for the defendant and plaintiff has appealed. Plaintiff contends that the undisputed evidence discloses that defendant was negligent as a matter of law and that such negligence was the proximate cause of the damage to the airplane.

Plaintiff operated an airport near Corsica, South Dakota, and owned airplanes used to instruct those wishing to learn to fly. Defendant had taken a course of instruction at this airport and on October 15, 1947…