Legal Opinion
Higgins, Admr. v. Metzger
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided October 3, 1928PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The defendant, with Paul Higgins, the plaintiff's intestate, left Rock Island, P.Q., for Newport, Vt., about ten o'clock on the night of October 12, 1926, in a Buick touring car which the defendant was driving. The foot brake on this car had given out, as they both knew, but the emergency brake was working. The car was going fast, but just how fast, as we shall see, was left uncertain by the evidence. Whatever the speed of the car may have been, Higgins sat at the defendant's side and made no protest regarding it. The trip into Canada had been made by a road running straight past the house of…
2Cases cited54 opinions
- Woodhouse v. Woodhouse Et Ux.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1925
- Burke v. CookMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- McAllister v. BenjaminSupreme Court of Vermont · 1923
- Bovee v. Town of DanvilleSupreme Court of Vermont · 1880
- Dedman v. DedmanTennessee Supreme Court · 1927
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3Cited by70 opinions
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- Powers v. State Ex Rel. ReynoldsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1940
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