Connolly v. Derby

This action was brought by a guest and her husband against her host to recover for personal injuries, and is to be determined by the rule of gross negligence proximately resulting in the injuries. The verdict was for the plaintiffs. The court granted defendant’s motion for judgment notwithstanding the verdict, from which the plaintiffs have appealed.

The assignments of error, properly presented, relate to the question whether there was sufficient evidence to take the case to the jury on the question of alleged gross negligence of the respondent, which evidence and all reasonable inferences…