Drazen v. New Haven Taxicab Co.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover damages for injuries to plaintiff's automobile, alleged to have been caused by the deféndants’ negligence, brought to the Superior Court iii New Haven County and tried to the jury before Webb, J. ; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for $1,400, and appeal by defendants.
1Opinion of the CourtWheeler, C. J.
This action was brought to recover damages for injuries to the plaintiff’s automobile resulting frorii a collision with the automobile of defendants, caused by the negligent operation of their servant. The principal question at issue was as to whether the accident was due to the negligence of the driver of defendants, or of plaintiff.
The defendants produced, as a witness in chief, Monashkin, the operator of the automobile at the time of the accident, and he testified as to the occurrences at that time. In his rebuttal, plaintiff offered a record of the conviction of the witness of the crime…
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