TINKER v. TREVETT


156 A.2d 233 (1959)

Bernice E. TINKER v. Robert M. TREVETT.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

November 17, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wendall R. Atherton, Bangor, for plaintiff.

Eaton, Peabody, Bradford & Veague, Bangor, for defendant.

Before WILLIAMSON, C. J., and WEBBER, TAPLEY, SULLIVAN, DUBORD and SIDDALL, JJ.


WILLIAMSON, Chief Justice.

In this accident case a sedan operated by the plaintiff and a truck operated by the defendant collided in a street intersection in Bangor. Exceptions to the direction of a verdict for the defendant are sustained.

The issues are whether a jury would be warranted in finding that the defendant was negligent and the plaintiff was in the exercise of due care. In directing the verdict the presiding Justice ruled that as a matter of law...

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