Lecount v. Farrand

Plaintiff’s decedent, a man eighty-one years of age, was struck and killed by an automobile owned by the defendant Grace E. Farrand and operated by the defendant Margaret L. Farrand, while crossing the street in the town of New Canaan, about seven-thirty p. m. on October 31st, 1932. Plaintiff’s decedent was crossing South Avenue, going from the east to the west side of the street in a diagonal direction at a point north of its intersection with Maple Street. There was no crosswalk at this point and it was very dark. The defendant’s car was proceeding in a northerly direction at a speed of…