Round v. Pike

This is an action in tort to recover for injuries sustained in an automobile accident, caused, as alleged, by the negligence of the defendant. Trial was by jury, and the verdict was for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted.

The only exception briefed is to the refusal of the trial court to direct a verdict for the defendant. The evidence taken, as it must be, in the light most favorable for the plaintiff tended to show the following facts: The plaintiff and the defendant were members of the Rutland high school orchestra, composed of six boys. The plaintiff was something over nineteen; the…