Harber v. Graham

The opinion of the court was delivered by

White, J.

The jury found a verdict for the defendant in an action for damages for personal injuries brought by a sister against her brother for his “gross negligence” in the driving of his automobile, in which she, upon his very urgent invitation and solicitation, was touring through the Massachusetts hills with him. His gross negligence is alleged to have consisted in coasting his car at the rate of forty miles per hour with the clutch thrown out and without applying the brakes down a long steep grade which had a double curve in it in plain sight at…