Hanley v. American Railway Express Co.

This action was brought to recover for damage to an automobile, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of one of the defendant’s drivers. A verdict was ordered for the defendant on the ground that the automobile was not properly registered, and hence was an outlaw upon the highways of Massachusetts. Gondek v. Cudahy Packing Co. 233 Mass. 105, 110, and cases cited.

The statute G. L. c. 90, § 2, provides that application for the registration of motor vehicles may be made “by the owner thereof;” and that the application and the certificate of registration issued thereon shall contain, with…