Svercl v. Jamison

Knutson, Justice.

•This is an appeal from a judgment entered pursuant to an order of the trial court granting judgment notwithstanding the verdict after a decision in favor of plaintiff.

The facts are not seriously in dispute. Plaintiff and defendant are close friends. Both live at Sandstone, Minnesota. A day or two prior to November 28, 1954, they went on a week-end deer-hunting trip together to a camp north of Grand Rapids, Minnesota. They were accompanied by defendant’s 22-year-old son, Earl. In making the trip they used defendant’s DeSoto automobile, which was practically new and in good…