Legal Opinion
DuBois v. Powdrell
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 27, 1930PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtField, J.
The plaintiff, a minor, by her next friend, brought an action of tort against Robert Powdrell, a minor, another against Ethel Powdrell, his mother, and a third against Fred A. Powdrell, his father, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the minor defendant in driving an automobile owned by his mother. The cases were tried together by a judge and a jury. There was a verdict for the defendant in the case against the father. In each of the other cases the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict was denied, the jury returned a verdict for the…
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