Louis v. Checker Taxi Co.

Mr. Presiding Justice Burke

delivered the opinion of the court.

On Friday, March 29, 1940, between 1:15 and 1:30 a. m., at North avenue and Halsted street, Chicago, Regina Louis and Myrtle Witte stepped into a taxicab of the Checker Taxi Company, and directed the driver, Samuel Morici, Jr., to convey them home. In taking them home he was required to drive in a northerly direction on Halsted street. North avenue runs in an easterly and westerly direction and comes in at 1600 north, according to the Chicago numbering system. Halsted street runs in a northerly and southerly direction and on it are…