Hiscox v. Jackson

VINSON, Associate Justice.

Plaintiff (appellant) brought this action in the Municipal Court for personal injuries and property damage growing out of an automobile accident. The defendant (appellee) admits the ownership of the automobile involved, a taxicab. At the close of all the evidence, the court, after motion, directed a verdict for defendant upon the grounds that (1) defendant’s corroborated testimony, that the cab was being operated without his consent, was uncontradicted, and that (2) plaintiffs evidence identifying defendant as the operator of the cab at the time of the accident was…