Pierce v. Toye Bros. Yellow Cab Co.

Mrs. Enid Pierce, while a passenger for hire in a cab of Toye Brothers Yellow Cab Company, sustained personal injuries when that cab came into collision with an automobile driven by Duke Coats at about 5 o'clock on the afternoon of June 2d 1939, at the corner of Laurel Street and Jefferson Avenue in New Orleans.

Seeking recovery for damages from the said partnership, Toye Brothers Yellow Cab Company and from the individual members thereof, Mrs. Pierce brought this suit, charging that the collision resulted from the negligence of L.W. Daussat, the operator of the cab, and asserting that at the…