Gereau v. Parenteau

Capotosto,’ J.

These two actions of trespass on the case for negligence are before us on bills of exceptions by the respective plaintiffs, who are father and son, to the ruling of a justice of the superior court sustaining a substantial demurrer to the declaration in each case. Since the father’s case depends upon the son’s right to recover we shall hereinafter refer only to the latter’s case, our decision, however, applying to both.

The declaration alleges that the defendant, her agents or servants, operated an automobile “for the purpose of carrying for hire members of the general public as…