Merritt v. Darden

The appeals in this case, involving a motor vehicle accident, arise out of alleged errors on the part of the trial court in refusing to rule as a matter of law on a motion for a directed verdict concerning a question as to imputed negligence and in giving an incorrect instruction to the jury with respect to the same question.

The plaintiff below, Mary English Darden (usually referred to herein as the mother or owner of the favored motor vehicle), in her own right, and as next friend of her son, William Herbert Darden, III, an infant (usually referred to herein as the son or operator of the…