Bennett v. Bennett

The plaintiff Bennett drove her husband’s car from Freedom to Durham on the afternoon of the accident, taking the plaintiff Drake as her guest. At Durham she took in her son, the defendant, and he drove northward in the direction of Freedom. At about 5:30 a beach wagon driven south by Ballantine skidded over into the north-bound lane ahead of the defendant, and there was a serious collision in that lane, the right front corner of the Bennett car hitting the right front door of the Ballantine car, which buried its nose in the snow bank on the easterly side of the road.

There was evidence…