Koley v. Williams

The plaintiff, a passenger in a taxicab, was injured at the intersection of Boylston Street and Dartmouth Street, in Boston, by reason of a collision of the taxicab with an automobile owned by the defendant and driven by her son with her authority. It was admitted that the plaintiff was in the exercise of due care; that the negligence of the driver of the taxicab was not to be imputed to her. The jury found that the driver of the defendant’s motor vehicle was not negligent.

The defendant’s name was Ethel M. Williams. She was the wife of John P. Williams. The automobile was registered in the…