Hatch v. Daniels
Supreme Court of Vermont
Action op Tort for négligence in leaving'an úhíi'ghted automobile in a public highway after dark.' Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the September Term, 1921, Washington County, .Moulton, J., presiding.' At the close of plaintiff’s evidence the court directed a verdict for the defendant. The plaintiff excepted. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtPowers, J.
In the evening of November 13, 1920, the plaintiff was driving his automobile from Adamant to Montpelier. When he rounded the curve in front of the dwelling of Gr. E. Anderson in East Montpelier, the defendant’s Ford car was standing in the highway with its engine running and lights out. It was headed toward Adamant, and stood a little to its left of the middle of the road. When the plaintiff’s car completed the curve and its lights shone down the straight road, he discovered the defendant’s car, but thought it was coming toward him and acted accordingly. He took his foot off the accelerator,…
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