VALENCIA v. DIXON

No. 645.

488 P.2d 120 (1971)

83 N.M. 70

Samuel T. VALENCIA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Donald Eugene DIXON and Paul Dixon, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

Certiorari Denied August 23, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack L. Love, John V. Coan, Albuquerque, for appellant.

James T. Roach, Eugene E. Klecan, Albuquerque, for appellees.


OPINION

SUTIN, Judge.

This is an appeal from a directed verdict in favor of the Dixons in an automobile guest case accident.

We reverse.

The defendant, Donald Eugene Dixon, called Gene, owned a 1964 Pontiac. Gene and Valencia were personal friends. On May 19, 1968, at 3:00 a.m., Gene was driving Valencia and another passenger from San Mateo to Grants, New Mexico, on State Road 53. About 18 miles south of San Mateo, Gene was driving 80 to...

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