Carlson v. Palley

In this action of tort a minor, aged thirteen when injured, hereinafter called the plaintiff, obtained a verdict for injuries sustained by him when struck by an automobile owned by the defendant and operated by his agent. The plaintiff’s mother in the same action obtained a verdict for consequential damages. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 231, § 6A, as inserted by St. 1939, c. 372, § 1. The action comes here on the defendant’s exceptions to the denial of motions for directed verdicts.

The evidence most favorable to the plaintiff was in substance this: The accident happened in daylight on May 3, 1946, at…