Clark v. Checker Taxi Co.

This is an action of contract to recover money which, the plaintiff alleges, was contained in her purse which she inadvertently left on the rear seat of the defendant’s taxicab when she reached her destination. The judge found for the defendant. The Appellate Division ordered the report dismissed and the plaintiff’s appeal from that decision brings the case here.

The plaintiff, accompanied by her daughter, engaged the defendant’s operator in Boston to take her to her home in Revere. A stop was made on the way to Revere to enable the plaintiff to do some shopping, following which the trip…