Carpenter v. Yates

SEYMOUR, Justice.

This is a guest case under § 68-1001, N.M.S.A.1941. Plaintiffs won a verdict of $6,661.40. Upon motion of defendants, the trial court entered judgment for them notwithstanding the verdicts, dismissing the complaint. From such action, plaintiffs appeal.

The minor plaintiff, seventeen years old, lived in Hatch, New Mexico. In the early evening of January 6, 1951, he and two friends drove to Deming. At a cafe there, these two boys met two other boys and two girls, one of the new boys being the defendant Albert Yates. At the suggestion of one of the girls, the group decided to go…