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GOODMAN v. VENABLE

No. 542.

483 P.2d 505 (1971)

82 N.M. 450

Nathana GOODMAN, Individually and as next friend of Sheila Taylor, a minor, and Sheila Taylor, individually, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. C.V. VENABLE and Susan Ann Venable, Defendants-Appellees.

Court of Appeals of New Mexico.

March 26, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David L. Norvell, Clovis, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Stuart D. Shanor, Hinkle, Bondurant, Cox & Eaton, Roswell, for defendants-appellees.

OPINION

HENDLEY, Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal an adverse jury verdict on two grounds which relate to (1) the court's refusal of a tendered instruction on presumption of knowledge of a defective condition, and (2) the giving of an instruction on unavoidable accident.

We affirm.

Defendant, Susan Venable, drove her father's car to school. The brakes were functioning normally. Susan and a friend left school and drove to a restaurant for lunch. Susan...

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