Hilton v. Checker Taxi Co.

*Brooks, P.J.

This is an action of tort for personal injuries claimed to have been suffered by plaintiffs while passengers in defendant’s taxicab. Defendant answered, so far as material, general denial, contributory negligence and lack of agency.

The testimony pertment to the issue was as follows:

Plaintiffs telephoned defendant, Checker Taxi Company, for a cab. “Sometime later a taxi marked ‘Checker’ arrived, which taxi the plaintiffs engaged in the vicinity of Yarmouth Street in Boston on or about August 25,1964 at or about 9 A.M. and entered the rear portion thereof.” They drove to the…