Phass v. MacClenathen

These are appeals from judgments of no cause of action in favor of the defendants in two negligence actions, and from an order denying a motion for a new trial.

Plaintiff Squires’ automobile was struck by defendant MacClenathen’s taxicab. Plaintiff Phass was a passenger in the Squires car. Defendant Osterhout was the driver of the taxicab. The accident happened on State Street in the city of Schenectady shortly after three o’clock on the morning of January 18, 1946. The taxicab was being driven westerly on State Street, and just before the collision took place Squire’s car was parked on the…