Weller v. Fish Transport Co., Inc.

The plaintiff’s decedent while riding in an automobile driven easterly on the Post Road in Darien by his wife who, as executrix of his will, is the plaintiff herein, was killed as a result of a collision between it and the named defendant’s motor truck being driven westerly by its agent, the defendant Roberts. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff against both defendants, who have appealed, relying upon claimed errors in the court’s charge to the jury, its rulings on evidence, and improper comments and arguments of counsel for the plaintiff.

Certain facts stated in the claims of proof…