Backus v. Severn

On Sunday, the 28th day of April, 1918, the plaintiff was driving in a westerly direction along the Boston Post road accompanied by his wife and two other people. At about eight-thirty or eight-forty-five p. m. and at a point about two or three miles to the east of Stamford, Conn., a short distance west of Darien, the tire on the left rear wheel of plaintiff’s automobile became flat. He drove to the side of the road and came to a stop. He says he was so far over to the right of the road that the left wheels of his car were only about two feet from the edge of the macadam. He asserts the rest…