Carroll v. Bouley

This is an action of tort for injuries received by the plaintiff on September 5, 1956, when the automobile in which she was riding in Fall River was struck by an automobile owned and operated by the defendant’s intestate, Lawrence J. Bouley. At the close of the evidence the judge directed a verdict for the defendant subject to the plaintiff’s exception.

We state the evidence most favorable to the plaintiff. It was 7:30 a.m. on a clear, dry day, and the plaintiff was seated in the front seat of an automobile, operated by her husband, which was stopped in a line of traffic awaiting a green…