Moulton v. Nesmith

The plaintiffs claim that although Moulton was wrong in his quick judgment to drive to his left side of the Hollis road, he was induced to do this by negligent conduct on the part of the defendant. Specifically it is said that Nesmith drove too far as if he were going on the Brookline road and then abruptly turned to his right onto the Hollis road and that he thus misled the driver of the Chevrolet.

There is no reliable evidence to support this claim. The testimony of Moulton is just as consistent with an erroneous impression of a confused, inexperienced boy under an illusion caused by the…