Doyen v. Lamb

This action was brought by M. H. Doyen, as guardian on behalf of his minor son David, to recover for injuries sustained by the son when he came into contact-with an automobile being driven by the defendant. The jury returned-a verdict for the plaintiff. The court granted defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict on the ground that plaintiff failed to prove actionable negligence. Plaintiff appeals.

*128The accident occurred shortly after four o’clock in the afternoon of December 18, 1948, when David Doyen, then two months under six years of age, was crossing the main business…