Curtis v. Jacobson

This is an action on the case to recover for damages sustained as the result of a collision between a taxicab-owned by the defendant and the automobile of the plaintiff. The defendant pleaded the general issue. The case was submitted to the jury which returned a verdict for the plaintiff, and it is-now before this court on defendant’s general motion for a new trial.

The defendant’s agent, the driver of the taxicab, gave a signed statement to the defendant’s counsel to the effect that on the night of October 20th, 1945, at approximately 9:30 P. M., he parked the taxicab on private property in…