Callahan v. Terminal Cab Corp.

The main drive of Ocean parkway, running south from Brooklyn to Coney Island, is sixty feet wide with a white dividing line in the center. A taxicab, with plaintiff’s intestate as a passenger, was driving south. The defendant Peirson was driving north. Both cars were near the white line. To avoid running into a car ahead which suddenly stopped, the taxicab pulled to the left across the white hue and collided with the Peirson car. Plaintiff sued and had judgment against both the taxicab company and Peirson.

A traffic regulation of the Police Department of New York city, in force at the time of…