Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court December 30, 1940 (Farewell v. Interstate Busses Corp.)

Cox, J.

A judge of the Superior Court, at the close of the opening statement to the jury in behalf of the plaintiff, allowed the defendant’s motion for a directed verdict, and the plaintiff excepted. It was agreed that the plaintiff was a passenger for hire in the defendant’s bus which was being driven for the defendant by a duly licensed operator. The jury took a view.