Amaro v. Moss

The statute here involved, § 64 — 24-1, N.M.S.A.1953, was passed by the New Mexico legislature in 1935. Since that time, it has been before this court on numerous occasions and I believe up until today it has been felt by all those who have studied the question that our decisions and those of the highest court of Connecticut, our having adopted the statute from that state, required a showing of considerably more than mere negligence on the part of the driver. Even as late as June 1958, this court reaffirmed a prior holding that in order for a guest to recover, there must be some substantial…