Bullock v. Dahlstrom

HOOD, Associate Judge.

Plaintiff’s automobile and defendant’s taxicab were in a collision on Washington Circle. There is no question that plaintiff’s car was being operated in a proper manner and that the taxicab, which was proceeding in the wrong direction on the circle, was being operated in a negligent manner. However, at the time of the collision defendant was not in the taxicab and it was then being operated by a female Marine corporal. Her possession of the taxicab is explained by the following facts found by the trial judge.

The corporal had entered defendant’s taxicab as a passenger in…