Kernan v. Webb

These are two actions for negligence brought by Thomas C. Kernan and his wife to recover for damages suffered by them in an automobile accident which occurred on a public highway in the town of Warwick, on the night of February 2, 1928. The actions were tried together, resulted in a verdict for each plaintiff, and are now here on bills of exceptions in which the only exception is to the refusal of the trial justice to direct a verdict for the defendant.

In each declaration plaintiff alleges that defendant, his servant and agent, did negligently operate defendant’s automobile, thereby causing…