CARPENTER v. YATES

No. 5773.

273 P.2d 373 (1954)

58 N.M. 513

CARPENTER et al. v. YATES et al.

Supreme Court of New Mexico.

August 5, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Whatley & Oman, Las Cruces, for appellants.

J.D. Weir and L.J. Maveety, Las Cruces, for appellees.


SEYMOUR, Justice.

This is a guest case under § 68-1001, N.M.S.A. 1941. Plaintiffs won a verdict of $6,661.40. Upon motion of defendants, the trial court entered judgment for them notwithstanding the verdicts, dismissing the complaint. From such action, plaintiffs appeal.

The minor plaintiff, seventeen years old, lived in Hatch, New Mexico. In the early evening of January 6, 1951, he and two friends drove to Deming...

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