Newton v. Ortego

REGAN, Judge.

Plaintiff, Charles T. Newton, owner and operator of a 1948 Studebaker, instituted this 'suit endeavoring to recover the sum of $100.05, representing property damage incurred by his automobile on February 2nd, 1950, at about 5 :30 p. m. by virtue of a collision in the descending (outbound) intersection of Esplanade Avenue and North Tonti Street, with an automobile designated as a “Veterans Taxicab”, operated at the time of the accident by the defendant, Ulysses M. Ortego.

Defendant answered denying that he was guilty of any negligence in t'he premises and, in the alternative,…