Lavigne v. Portland Traction Co.

This appeal is taken by the plaintiff from a judgment of involuntary nonsuit in an action to recover damages for personal injuries based on negligence. Two other cases arising out of the same accident have been passed on by this court. Holzhauser v. Portland Traction Co., 178 Or. 607, 169 P. (2d) 127; LaVigne v. LaVigne, 176 Or. 634, 158 P. (2d) 557. Neither of those decisions controls the judgment in this case.

Plaintiff, while a guest passenger in an automobile driven by his nephew, William L. LaVigne, was injured when the automobile collided with a trolley bus of the defendant corporation.

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