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MENKES v. VANCE

No. 5644.

260 P.2d 368 (1953)

57 N.M. 456

MENKES v. VANCE.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

Rehearing Denied September 3, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Benson Newell, Las Cruces, for appellant.

W.C. Whatley, W.B. Darden and LaFel E. Oman, Las Cruces, for appellee.

McGHEE, Justice.

The decisive question on this appeal is whether the evidence of the plaintiff was sufficient to withstand a motion for a directed verdict at the close of his case.

The plaintiff was riding as a guest of the defendant in a 1934 Ford automobile on which only the left headlight was burning, traveling on a bladed road containing considerable blow sand in places, and with slight turns in it to avoid mesquite...

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