Salomone v. Yellow Taxi Corp.

On or about the 30th day of April, 1923, the body of Frank Salomone was found drowned in the East river off the foot of Broadway, Astoria. The last time he had been seen alive was on the night of February 7, 1923, in the borough of Manhattan.

The Yellow Taxi Corporation has been held liable for his death on the finding that its chauffeur ran one of its taxicabs with Frank Salomone inside, off the dock at the foot of Webster avenue, in Long Island City.

As no one saw the accident, and as the whereabouts of the taxicab and Frank Salomone was not discovered for a period of three months, the…