Beatty v. Dunn

The plaintiff was riding in a closed car owned and driven by her son, John Beatty. As they were driving northly along the main street of Craftsbury Common, the defendant was driving easterly on a side street that entered, but did not cross the main street aforesaid. The two cars reached the junction of these streets at about the same time, the plaintiff’s car arriving a bit sooner than the defendant’s. Neither driver discovered the approach of the other until the cars were almost in collision. Beatty then saw the defendant’s car coming rapidly from his left and so near that a collision…