Legal Opinion
Spang v. Cote
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided October 18, 1949PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFellows, J.
This case is before the Law Court on general motion for new trial filed by each of two defendants after jury verdict for the plaintiff in Superior Court for York County.
This is an action for negligence and, while the witnesses differ in some details, the principal facts appear to be as follows: On August 20, 1948 at about 8:30 P. M., the plaintiff, Philip Spang, Jr., was driving a Ford sedan in an easterly direction on “Guinea Road” in Biddeford. The defendant, Robert Cote, in a Farmall Tractor with trailer loaded with hay, was ahead of the plaintiff and headed in the same easterly direction…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Esponette v. WisemanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1931
- Day v. CunninghamSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1926
- Barlow v. LowerySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1948
- Rouse v. ScottSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1933
- Witherly v. Bangor & Aroostook RailroadSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1932
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Goldstein v. SklarSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1966
- Parker v. HohmanSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1969
- Poirier v. HayesSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1983
- St. Johnsbury Trucking Co. v. RollinsSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1950
- Lyman v. BourqueSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1977
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