Dorrien v. Sirois

The defendant contends that his motions for a non-suit and directed verdict should have been granted because there is no evidence identifying him with the accident, because there is no evidence of his negligence, and because the plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law.

The plaintiff was spending the week-end at the Gerardi house, so called, on Deer Neck road in Auburn. At the time of the accident he and Miss Margaret O’Toole were out walking. They had walked north along Deer Neck road about a quarter of a mile to the point where Rattle Snake road enters Deer Neck…