Louisville Taxicab & Transfer Co. v. Byrnes

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Rees

Reversing.

In an action to recover damages for personal injuries suffered when he was struck by a taxicab owned by the Louisville Taxicab & Transfer Company, the plaintiff, Patrick J. Byrnes, was awarded $3,000 by the jury, and, from the judgment rendered on the verdict, the defendant has appealed. The chief complaints are of the instrustions.

The appellee was struck by one of appellant’s taxicabs when he was crossing from the east to the west side of Eighteenth street or Dixie Highway in Louisville, Kentucky. The accident happened about 7:30 p. m., September…