Sherman v. Millard

On May 24, 1931, defendant Millard invited plaintiff to accompany him on an automobile trip from Rome to Lowville to visit one of his relatives. She accepted his invitation. They journeyed to Lowville, made the contemplated social call and started back at nine p. M., daylight saving time. Millard was driving his eight-cylinder Willys sedan, 1930 model. It was a dark, *750rainy, misty evening. Millard’s car was equipped with an electric wiper, which wiped the left half of the winshield only, leaving the right half thereof coated with mist and rain, thereby obscuring the vision of the plaintiff,…