Dean v. Leonard

These actions are for personal injury sustained by the plaintiff at Taunton on July 15, 1942, when a collision occurred between an automobile driven by him and an automobile driven by the defendant Leonard but owned by the defendant Del Solio. There was a verdict for the plaintiff in each action.

There was evidence that the automobile driven by the plaintiff belonged to him but was registered in the name of his father. The answer in each case set up contributory negligence of the plaintiff but did not set up illegal registration as a defence. The only exception argued by the defendants is to a…