Duchaine, B.N.F. v. Ray

In this tort action the plaintiff, by her next friend, seeks damages for personal injuries suffered as a result of being struck by an automobile driven by the defendant when the plaintiff, a pedestrian, had nearly completed crossing Elm-wood Ave. near its intersection with Pearl Street in the city of Burlington. Pearl Street runs east and west, or nearly so. Elmwood Avenue commences at Pearl Street and runs northerly substantially at a right angle. At or near the intersection the width of Pearl Street is about 40y2 feet, and of Elmwood Avenue about 35 feet. On the northeast corner of this…