Wyatt v. Higgenbotham

WADDILL, Commissioner.

An appeal is sought from a judgment awarding appellee $260 for an injury to a finger alleged to have been caused by the negligence of appellants.

The evidence disclosed that appellant, Wyatt, operates a fleet of taxicabs. On the occasion of her injury, appellee engaged one of Wyatt’s cabs, driven by Wyatt’s agent and coappellant, Miller, to drive her to her home. Upon reaching her destination, appellee alighted by the door on the right side of the cab and Miller by the left door. While Miller was removing appellee’s parcels from the trunk in the rear of the taxi, appellee…