Sylvester v. Gray
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Action on the case to recover damages on account of alleged negligence on part of the defendant. Defendant filed plea of general issue and also brief statement. Verdict for plaintiff in the sum of two hundred dollars. Defendant filed motion for new trial. Motion sustained. Verdict set aside. Case stated in opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHanson, J.
Action on the case for injury to the plaintiffs automobile resulting from a collision with the automobile of the defendant. The plaintiff recovered a verdict for $200. and the case is before the court on the defendant’s general motion for a new trial.
The evidence shows that the plaintiff’s automobile was coasting on a hill over a distance of forty or fifty rods at a speed of at least fifteen miles an hour, and that the automobile was, during the time required to go that distance, on the wrong or left hand side of the road; that *75at the moment of impact his automobile was still to the left of…
2Cited by1 opinion
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