Kaus v. Unemployment Compensation Commission

— The principal question involved is whether the relation of employer-employee exists between plaintiff and drivers of his taxicabs. Defendant-appellant Commission contends that it does. Plaintiff-appellee claims the relation between him and the drivers is that of bailor and bailee.

Plaintiff-appellee, Peter J. Kaus, operates a taxi business in Council Bluffs under the trade name, United Cab Co. He owns ten taxicabs with the name and insignia of the United Cab Co. painted on each cab. He has a central downtown office and garage together with eleven taxicab stands or stations at convenient…