Poulos v. Labbee

By the Court.

In these actions, one against the owner of a taxicab and the other against its operator, the plaintiff seeks to recover compensation for personal injuries received by him through the alleged negligence of the defendants in the care of the taxicab, in which he was'a passenger. There was evidence from a companion of the plaintiff that he got into the taxicab, and saw a carpet on its floor worn out and torn in one place in the center; that later as the plaintiff tried to alight from the taxicab he tripped .and fell and was injured. The plaintiff testified that as he started to get…