Colwell v. Ætna Bottle & Stopper Co.
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Trespass on the Case for negligence.
1Opinion of the CourtParkhurst, J.
This is an action of trespass on the case: for negligence brought in Providence county and tried, before a justice of the Superior Court and a jury in March, 1911, resulting in the direction of a verdict for the defendant-by the court, after the close of the plaintiff’s case, no evidence-being offered by defendant.
The essential facts brought out from the plaintiff’s witnesses are, in substance, that on August 30th, 1910, about nine o’clock P. M., the plaintiff was driving his automobile-west on Washington street, Providence, and at the intersection of Jackson street his automobile was in…
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