Co-Op Cab Company v. Singleton

Where, as here, it is alleged that the plaintiff entered the defendant’s cab as a passenger and instructed the driver to carry her to her home, but instead the driver carried her out on a lonely road and there committed the crime of rape upon her person and thereby inflicted certain described injuries to her person, reputation, and property, for which damages are .sought, the petition does not disclose that the driver was acting within the scope of his authority, as contended by the plaintiff, but it discloses that he stepped aside from his employment for his own personal ends. Generally it…