Simpson v. Gautreau

These are two actions of trespass on the case for negligence, the former against the operator of a motor truck and the latter against his employer, the owner of the truck. The accident which is involved in both cases occurred in the city of Pawtucket in or just east of the intersection of Mineral Spring avenue, running about east and west, and Conant street, running about north and south.

The two cases were tried together before a justice of the superior court and a jury; and at the conclusion of the evidence for the plaintiff a motion for a nonsuit was granted in each case by the trial…