Little v. Levison

These actions of tort are to recover for personal injuries sustained when the defendant’s automobile, in which the plaintiffs were riding at the invitation of the driver, collided with a street car. The only question presented is the correctness of the judge’s action in directing verdicts for the defendant.

The declarations, which were substantially and in all material respects the same, were in six counts. Three counts were based on gross negligence, one alleging operation by an agent, another adding the allegation that the defendant *160allowed the automobile to be operated "by a person who had…