Plotkin v. Checker Cab Co.

Plaintiffs appealed because, at the conclusion of evidence on their behalf, the court instructed a verdict for defendant and dismissed the petition.

*2Plaintiffs asked for damages to their grocery truck, which was injured, in a collision with defendant’s cab in the intersection of Twenty-second and Pierce streets in Omaha, about 6:30 p. m. December 8, 1934. Plaintiffs’ truck was being driven north and defendant’s cab was being driven east and down a sloping street. Both had their lights on. The streets were slippery.

Edward Britton, driver of plaintiffs’ truck, testified that he approached the…