Jean v. Hall

The action before us arises out of an automobile accident. The plaintiff was a guest passenger in a car driven by Lionel Mayville who, in the opinion of the court as trier of the facts, had had too much to drink and was driving at an excessive rate of speed. The defendants were Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hall. The court found that Mrs. Hall, the driver of the other car, failed to make observation of the approach of the car in which plaintiff was riding until it was only 30 or 35 feet from her. As a result of this combination of derelictions, there was a collision, each car being somewhat over the…