Roberts v. Wills

This civil action brought to recover damages resulting from a motor vehicle collision was tried to a jury in the Superior Court, a verdict being returned for the defendants. Judgment entered on the verdict, and thereafter an order was entered granting the plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial. The defendants are now prosecuting in this court an appeal from that order, while the plaintiffs are prosecuting a cross appeal from the court’s denial of a request to charge the jury.

It appears from the record that just prior to the collision, plaintiff, Roberts, was operating a taxicab owned by…