HADLEY v. McLAUGHLIN

No. 4560.

100 N.H. 497 (1957)

ALTON P. HADLEY v. JOHN H. McLAUGHLIN.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

Decided March 26, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Upton, Sanders & Upton (Mr. Robert W. Upton orally), for the plaintiff.

Wiggin, Nourie, Sundeen, Nassikas & Pingree and Kenneth F. McLaughlin (Mr. Nourie orally), for the defendant.


DUNCAN, J.

In support of his exceptions to the denial of the motions for a nonsuit and directed verdict the defendant asserts that the plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law. Relying upon the rule of Harlow v. Leclair, 82 N.H. 506, he argues that the plaintiff should be bound by his testimony on deposition that when he first saw the defendant's automobile it was 270 to 280 feet away, rather than 300 to 400 feet, as he estimated...

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