Ripley v. Rodgers

Fishburne, Justice.

The respondent separately states two causes of action in his complaint. In the first cause of action he seeks damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by and through the negligent and willful conduct of the appellant, arising out of the following circumstances: On the night of March 1, 1948, he employed one of appellant’s cab drivers to transport him from The Wagon Wheel (presumably a roadhouse near the city of Sumter) to Shaw Field, in Sumter County. Upon reaching the city of Sumter, the respondent was transferred to another cab, but before proceeding…