Howe v. Houde

In this action brought by Annette H. Howe of Hartford, Connecticut, to recover damages for personal injuries received on July 6, 1939, while riding along the highway in St. Frederick, P. Q., as a guest passenger in an automobile driven by Theresa Houde of Rumford, Maine, at the close of the plaintiff’s case, the defendant, without offering any evidence, rested and moved for a directed verdict. The motion was granted and an exception allowed.

It is well settled that a verdict should not be ordered for the defendant by the Trial Court when, taking the most favorable view of the plaintiff’s…