Thorp v. Victory Cab Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wedell, J.:

This was a workmen’s compensation case. The workman recovered an award and the employer appeals.

The material facts are quite simple. In substance, they are:

The employer was the Victory Cab Company; it operated a fleet of taxicabs in the city of Kansas City and its surrounding territory; in connection with its taxicab business it operated a shop for the repair and servicing of its taxicabs, the company’s trucks, the cars of its officers and cars of others to whom the company had liability for damages; it did no repair work on any other cars;…