Cadwell v. Watson

This is an action for damages brought against a common carrier, by passengers of his taxicab, for personal injuries arising out of a collision between the cab and another car. The defendant has appealed from a judgment for the plaintiffs, assigning error in the denial of a motion to set aside the verdict and in the finding and charge.

From the evidence most favorable to the plaintiffs, the jury could have found the following facts: The collision occurred on the night of December 20,1942, on Main Street in Willimantic, a heavily traveled highway which runs substantially east and west and is a…