Rea v. Checker Taxi Co.

This is an action of tort for negligence brought to recover damages for personal injuries, alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff by reason of a collision between a taxicab, owned and operated by the defendant and in which the plaintiff was riding, and another automobile. The answer was a general denial and an allegation of contributory negligence on the part of the plaintiff. A verdict for the plaintiff was returned November 27,1929. The case is before us on the defendant’s exception to the denial of its motion for a directed verdict in its favor.

The motion was denied rightly.

The…