Coates v. Bates

This is an action to recover for personal injuries, received by the plaintiff while riding in an automobile, in Hampton, in the State of New Hampshire.

At the time of the accident, which occurred about 11:15 in the evening, the automobile was operated by one Chester F. Horne, a nephew of the plaintiff. There was evidence offered by the plaintiff tending to show that when Horne first saw the defendant’s automobile it was six hundred fifty feet away, coming toward him travelling in the center of the road; that it did not change its direction or speed, and as the automobiles passed each other…