Kidder v. Hoffman

These two cases were tried together and resulted in a judgment for the plaintiff in each case, the one being for damages arising from personal injuries, the result of a collision between an automobile of the plaintiff and the defendant’s truck, the other for damages to the plaintiff’s automobile based upon the same cause of action. The defendant appeals and contends that there should have been a nonsuit or direction of a verdict in its favor because of the failure to establish negligence in the defendant and because the plaintiff himself was guilty of contributory negligence.

*187We think these…