Portland Gas Light Co. v. Ruud

We assume from the recitals in the record that on conflicting evidence the jury could find that the defendant’s negligence in the operation of his car caused the collision between the car and the gas light company’s coal truck while they were passing “on the main highway ... to the town of Dunstable, Maine . . .,” damaging the truck; and causing personal injury to the plaintiff Fournier the driver, and the plaintiff Riley the helper, employees of the company. The plaintiffs’ counsel before suit wrote the defendant that he had a claim against him, and requested him to call at his office. In…