Seymour v. Dunville

This is an action by the administrator of Leo J. Seymour for death and conscious suffering, resulting from a collision in the night between a truck, owned by the defendant and operated by his employee acting within the scope of his employment, and a Ford runabout owned and operated by the deceased. The verdict was for the plaintiff. The only exception argued is to the refusal of the judge to allow the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict.

At some time before the date of the accident, the seat of the runabout had been removed and a rear seat from a Hudson automobile had been bolted to the…