Laplante v. Rousseau

The defendant was driving from Florida to his home in Franklin, New Hampshire, on June 29, 1938. The plaintiffs, his stepdaughters, were invited gratuitous passengers. He was involved in an accident in the afternoon of that day a few miles north of Brunswick, Georgia, as a result of which the plaintiffs suffered personal injuries.

The defendant urges that the plaintiffs cannot be found to have made out a case, since their testimony is unbelievable as a matter of law. It is said that a conspiracy is indicated to bring the facts within the Georgia cases which are here controlling. Lee v.…