Guptill v. Bergman

This is an action of case to recover damages for the wrongful death of the plaintiff’s intestate Eugene A. Schellinger, on September 10, 1963, as the result of injuries sustained on September 8, 1963 at Rye, while he was riding in a borrowed 1962 two-door Pontiac convertible operated by the defendant, a fellow officer at Pease Air Force Base. Trial by jury, with a view, resulted in a verdict for the defendant. Subject to the plaintiff’s exception, the plaintiff’s motion to set aside the verdict was denied by the Presiding Justice ( Grant, J.). The questions of law presented by this and other…