Marshall v. August

Exceptions overruled. This case comes here upon the plaintiff’s exception to the allowance of the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict. The plaintiff’ was riding as a gratuitous guest in an automobile operated by the defendant at the intersection of Huttleston Avenue and Adams Street in Fairhaven on May 25, 1956, at 4:45 p.m. The only issue before us is the gross negligence of the defendant. There was evidence that the defendant drove along Huttleston Avenue at a rate of speed of about forty miles an hour. The plaintiff had-asked the defendant to drive more slowly at least twice. The…