Glaser v. Schroeder

This is an action of tort whereby the plaintiff seeks to recover compensation for damage to his property alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant with respect to his automobile. Findings of fact were made by the trial judge to the effect that the defendant placed his automobile in a street in New Bedford on a grade so that its rear wheels were a little distance from the curb and on a lower level than the forward wheels, which were turned toward the curb, put on the emergency brake and left the automobile. Before he returned, his sister and a friend, who had accompanied…