Learned v. Hawthorne

These are two actions of tort for personal injuries, arising out of the same accident and tried together to a jury.

The injuries were sustained by the plaintiffs while they were riding as guests of the defendant in an automobile, owned and driven by him, on Liberty Street, Springfield, Massachusetts, on the night of May 7, 1927. At the conclusion of the evidence the defendant moved for a directed verdict in each case. The motions were denied and the defendant duly excepted. The pleadings are made a part of the bill of exceptions. The defendant also excepted to certain parts of the charge, as…