William R. Rheaume v. Betsey M. Patterson

MEDINA, Circuit Judge.

Shortly after 8 o’clock on the evening of August 29, 1959, the automobile in which plaintiff was riding as a passenger came into collision with the side and rear end of the car driven by defendants appellant, Betsey M. Patterson. Two young men in their mid-twenties were on their way to a dance in New Haven and they followed Mrs. Patterson out of Vergennes, Ve3*mont, in the direction of Waltham, Vermont, on Route 7. As she was travelling at about 30 miles an hour, Clement A. Ouellette, plaintiff’s companion, decided to pass and he accelerated the speed of his car. At…