Louisville Taxicab & Transfer Co. v. Hill

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Sims

Reversing.

Appellee, Norman R. Hill, sued the Louisville Taxicab & Transfer Company and Nellie J. O’Leary for $15,700 damages alleged to have been sustained by him in an automobile accident. The jury found in favor of Mrs. O’Leary but against the Company in the sum of $5085 and it appeals. Only two grounds are argued for reversal of the judgment; (a) The verdict is excessive, and (b) incompetent evidence offered by appellant was excluded.

Hill, a man 33 years of age, was driver for the B Line Taxicab Company, but on the afternoon of the accident, January 26,…