Allied Cab Co. v. Hopkins

The Allied Cab Company brought suit in the circuit court of Sangamon county against Walter E. Hopkins for damages to its property resulting from a collision between one of its taxicabs and a car driven by Hopkins. Hopkins thereafter filed a counterclaim for damages, for personal injuries, and damages to his car. Before trial this cause was consolidated with another suit arising out of the same occurrence between Emma Marchetti, the passenger in the cab in question, and Hopkins. Trial was had before a jury who found Hopkins not guilty in both cases and awarded him a verdict for fifteen hundred…