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LYNCH v. BISSELL

No. 4406.

99 N.H. 473 (1955)

JAMES P. LYNCH v. IDA T. BISSELL and CARL O. W. JOHNSON. MARY E. LYNCH v. SAME. IDA T. BISSELL v. CARL O. W. JOHNSON. SHERMAN BISSELL v. SAME.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

Decided June 30, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McLane, Carleton, Graf, Greene & Brown (Mr. Brown orally), for the plaintiffs Lynch.

Sleeper & Mullavey for the plaintiffs Bissell.

Burns, Calderwood & Bryant (Mr. Bryant orally), for the defendant Ida T. Bissell.

Sheehan, Phinney & Bass and Joseph F. Devan (Mr. Devan orally), for the defendant Johnson.

KENISON, C. J.

These four actions to recover for injuries and property damage sustained in a head-on collision between two automobiles (Lynch and Bissell) near where a third automobile (Johnson) was parked were consolidated for trial. The right of the Trial Court to consolidate law actions for damages is well established in this state. Tinkham v. Railroad, 77 N.H. 111; anno. 104 A. L. R. 62; Allbee v. Elms, 93 N.H. 202, 204.

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