Rivard v. Plante

This is an action of trespass on the case for negligence arising out of a rear-end collision between two cars proceeding in the same direction. It was tried before a justice of the superior court sitting without a jury and resulted in a decision for the defendant. The case is here on plaintiff’s bill of exceptions to that decision and to certain rulings on evidence during the trial.

It is undisputed that the accident happened March 18, 1951 between 7 and 8 p.m. on Pawtucket avenue in the town of East Providence; that the weather was clear and the road was dry; that Pawtucket avenue, a public…