Legal Opinion

Custom Taxicabs, Inc. v. Hatch

District of Columbia Court of Appeals

Decided January 11, 1955No. 1583PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

QUINN, Associate Judge.

Appellees, plaintiffs below, sued the defendant taxicab driver and the corporate owner for injuries and damages resulting from an automobile collision. * When the plaintiffs had completed their case in chief, counsel for defendants moved for a directed verdict on the grounds that plaintiffs had failed to sustain their burden of proving negligence on the part of defendants, and that the evidence showed that Donald Hatch, the driver of plaintiffs’ automobile, was contributorily negligent as a matter of law. The trial court denied the motion and defendants offered no…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Richmond & Danville Railroad v. PowersSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
  2. Shewmaker v. Capital Transit Co.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1944
  3. Baltimore & O. R. Co. v. PostomCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1949
  4. Washington Terminal Co. v. CallahanCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1921

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. D. C. Transit System, Inc. v. HarrisDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
  2. Holmes v. StahlDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1963
  3. Gober v. Yellow Cab Company of DC, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1961
  4. Abel v. First Security Insurance Company of AmericaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1956
  5. Sawyer v. Monarch Cab CompanyDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1960

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