Ostertag v. Cahalin

In this motor tort action the plaintiffs, husband and wife, have been denied recovery because their car was illegally registered in the name of the wife and the husband had knowledge of the illegal registration. The accident occurred in Arlington on November 30,1958. The writ is dated March 26, 1959. Subsequently, the Legislature enacted St. 1959, c. 259, amending G. L. c. 90, § 9, entitled, “An Act providing that the failure to register or the improper registration of a motor vehicle shall not he deemed to render the vehicle a nuisance or to render any person a trespasser upon a way.” This…