Thomas v. Capital Transit Co.

CAYTON, Chief Judge.

Alvin L. Thomas,' a taxicab driver, sued Capital Transit Company for personal .injuries sustained in a collision between his cab and defendant’s streetcar. Ritz Cab Company also filed suit for damages to- the taxicab. The charge was that the streetcar was operated negligently , and in violation of law. The transit company filed answers denying negligence, the two cases were consolidated and tried by jury, and at the close of all the evidence the trial •court directed a verdict for. defendant. Plaintiffs appeal.

Plaintiffs’ evidence was in substance that the cab was going…