Hocheisen v. Smith

PRETTYMAN, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the District Court in a civil action for damages alleged to have resulted from a collision of two taxicabs. Appellant was plaintiff below. A jury returned a verdict for defendants, and the court entered judgment thereon.

The parties agreed that there was a collision, that it occurred on Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, and that both cars were going west, approaching the intersection with 7th Street. There is a streetcar loading zone, indicated by painted lines and raised “buttons”, at the spot. Beyond these facts, the parties…