Legal Opinion
King v. Spencer
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided June 21, 1932PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBanks, J.
The accident in this case happened on December 24th, 1928; counsel agreed that the so-called “guest statute” had no application to the case. The defendant Spencer was driving southerly on the state highway in Seymour at about ten-thirty p. m., the defendant Crowder was driving northerly, and the defendant Dunn was driving northerly about thirty feet in the rear of Crowder. The plaintiff was a guest in the Dunn car. All three cars were moving at about twenty-five miles an hour. By reason of the failure of Spencer and Crowder each to give the other a fair opportunity to pass, their cars came…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Whiteacre v. Boston Elevated Railway Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1922
- L. P. Larson, Jr., Co. v. Wm. Wrigley, Jr., Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1918
- State ex rel. Ernest Fleckenstein Brewing Co. v. District CourtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1916
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3Cited by37 opinions
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