Webster v. Isbell

Mr. Presiding Judge HARVEY

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section A.

Bruce Webster, doing business under the trade name, Dixie Cab Company, operated in the City of Houston, during the year *6271930, a number of taxicabs, for the transportation of passengers for hire. In April of that year, Mrs. Viola S. Isbell, while a passenger in one of the cabs, sustained personal injuries as a result of the negligence of the driver of the cab. This suit was instituted by Mrs. Isbell, in which her husband joined, against Bruce Webster, to recover $20,000 damages, on account of her…