Crowley v. Dix

These three cases, tried together, arose out of a collision between a Plymouth coach which was owned by Mary Hetes and operated by her son George Hetes as her agent and in which she, Edward D. Johnston and Clifford Crowley were passengers, and a taxicab owned by the defendants Dix and Trostonoff and operated by the defendant Messina as their agent. In each action negligent operation is alleged. In the first case Clifford Crowley, a minor, and John Crowley, his father, both as his next friend and for himself, sued Mary Hetes, George Hetes, Dix, Trostonoff and Messina. In the second, Johnston…