Cox v. Yellow Cab Co.

Mr. PRESIDING JUSTICE DEMPSEY

delivered the opinion of the court:

In this personal injury action, which was. tried before a jury, the plaintiff, Nellie Cox appeals from a judgment entered in favor of the defendant, Yellow Cab Company. Her complaint was in two counts. Count one alleged that the defendant, through its agents, was guilty of specific negligent acts of commission or omission in the operation of its taxicab in which the plaintiff was a passenger, proximately causing her injury. Count two alleged general negligence.

In August 1964 the plaintiff received a phone call from her cousin,…