Brown v. New Haven Taxicab Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for injuries to the plaintiff and to his automobile, alleged to have been caused by the negligence of the defendant’s servant, brought to the City Court of New Haven and tried to the jury before Booth, J.; the court directed a verdict for the defendant, but subsequently, upon motion of the plaintiff, set aside the verdict so rendered and granted a new trial, and from this decision the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtRoraback, J.
At the close of the evidence in this case the defendant moved the court to direct a verdict upon the ground that the automobile which the plaintiff alleged and claimed to own was not properly registered as required by the provisions of § 19 of the Motor Vehicle Law (Public Acts of 1915, Chap. 231), the material portion of which is as follows: “No recovery shall be had in the courts of this State, by the oymer or operator, or any passenger of a motor vehicle which has not been legally registered in accordance with section two or three of this act, for injury to person or property received by…
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