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JUNE, 1914]
The Gazette of the Incorporated Law Society of Ireland.
HIGH COURT OF JUSTICE (ENGLAND).
KING'S BENCH DIVISION.
CHARLTON
v.
MYSON AND ANOTHER.
(Before Darling, J., and a Special Jury.)
Action against separate defendants—Verdict
for plaintiff against one defendant, and for
other defendant against plaintiff
—
Costs.
Mrs. Mary Charlton sued the defendants,
C. J. Myson, a taxicab proprietor, and J.
Pratt, a coal merchant, to recover damages
for personal injuries received by her owing to
the negligence of the servants of the two
defendants.
The defendants denied negligence.
The plaintiff's case was that on the evening
of February 6, 1913, she was driving along the
Knightsbridge Road in a taxicab belonging
to the first defendant when the taxi cab came
into collision with a coal van belonging to the
second defendant and an island or refuge in
the road, with the result that the plaintiff
was thrown out of the back seat of the taxi-
cab against the glass screen and injured.
Evidence was given on behalf of the plaintiff
to prove that the servants of both defendants
were guilty of negligence in driving their
vehicles.
The case of each defendant was that the
accident was due to the negligence of the
servant of the other.
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff
against the defendant Myson, with £351
damages, and exonerated
the defendant,
Pratt.
His Lordship entered judgment for the
plaintiff against the defendant Myson, and
for the second defendant against the plaintiff,
directing that the costs which the plaintiff
would be liable to pay to the second defendant
should be added to those which the defendant
Myson was liable to pay to the plaintiff, and
be paid by him.
(From
The Times,
29th April, 1914.)
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