Eddy v. Wells

The defendant Wells set out to drive from Jamestown to Fargo in his Packard sedan. His wife and three guests, one of whom was the plaintiff Eddy, accompanied him. There had been a sleet storm the night before they started and the roads were icy and slippery. However, Wells was an experienced driver and they drove along at from 35 to 40 miles an hour. Eddy had had experience in driving an automobile and he realized that the roads were slippery and that there was some danger in driving rapidly over them. He sat in the rear seat with the two other guests. He thought they were traveling too fast…