Dodds v. Gifford

THOMPSON (R. L.), J.

This is an appeal from an order granting a new trial in a suit for damages in an automobile casualty case, after a judgment had been rendered in favor of the defendant.

The plaintiff was riding as a guest with the defendant who was operating her own car. They were driving southerly along the state highway between Delhi and Atwater. It was a clear evening in November. The automobile lamps were lighted. The highway was straight and level. They were trailing a truck and two other machines which were traveling at a rate of fifteen or twenty miles an hour. Both parties were…