Williams v. Shreveport Yellow Cab Co.

DREW, Judge.

Plaintiff instituted this action in tort in her own behalf and for the use and benefit of her minor child, seeking to recover damages caused by the death of her husband and father of her child. He was shot and killed by a driver of a Yellow Cab. The driver, the Cab Company and its insurer were made defendants.

Plaintiff alleged that her husband, Clarence Williams, was shot to death by R. C. Mills, a taxicab driver employed by the defendant Cab Company, while Mills was acting within the scope of his employment. She alleged that decedent contracted with the Cab Company, through its…