Gilmore v. Huntington Cab Co.

Riley, Judge:

In this action of trespass on the case, Winifred Gilmore obtained a judgment in the Circuit Court of Cabell County of $9,000.00 against Huntington Cab Company, doing business as Checker Cab Company, for injuries received by her when a taxicab owned by defendant and driven by Howard Himes, its employee, overturned. Defendant prosecutes this writ of error to that judgment.

Winifred Gilmore, a seamstress, thirty-six years of age, on October 8, 1940, went to the home of Sadie Clark on Fifth Street in Huntington, West Virginia, to alter a garment. Lafe Clark, Sadie’s brother,…