S & R Inc. v. Nails

This is an action brought by the plaintiff as administratrix of the estate of Roy E. Jordan, Jr., a minor of the age of nineteen, to recover damages for his instantaneous death caused, as is alleged, by the negligence of the defendant. The defendant pleaded the general issue with a brief statement setting up the negligence of the deceased as the cause of the accident. At the conclusion of the testimony for the plaintiff the defense rested without offering any evidence and moved for a directed verdict. The presiding justice ruled that there was not sufficient evidence to warrant submission of the case to the jury and directed a verdict for the defendant. The case is before us on the plaintiffs exceptions to these rulings.