Beckwith v. Somerset Theatres, Inc.

On exceptions to the direction of a verdict for the defendant.

In this action the plaintiff seeks to recover damages for personal injuries suffered by her when the automobile she was driving struck a large concrete block on the defendant’s land, which abutted a highway on which she had been traveling, and also for damages for injuries to the automobile caused by that impact.

There are no buildings on this land, which is about forty feet wide, located at one of the busiest street corners in the village of Skowhegan, and bounded on the east by Court Street, on the west by the railroad tracks, and…