Eaton v. S. S. Pierce Co.

This is an action of tort to recover compensation for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff as the result of negligent operation of an *324automobile owned by the defendant and operated by its agent. The plaintiff at the time of the accident was three years and nine months old, and was unable to testify. The accident occurred in the driveway beside the house where the plaintiff lived with her family. The uncontradicted evidence tended to show these facts: The house is set back from the street about forty-five to fifty feet. A dirt and gravel driveway runs from the…