Legal Opinion
SNOWDEN v. Skipper
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided March 25, 1957No. 40432PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, J.
The appellee, B. L. Skipper, filed this suit in the Circuit Court of Lauderdale County against C. B. Bawl ings and Mrs. Alice Rawlings, doing business under the trade name of White Top Cab Company, and against Edward Snowden, seeking the recovery of damages, both actual and punitive, for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff while riding as a passenger in a taxicab operated by the defendants.
It was alleged in the declaration that the defendants were engaged in the taxicab business as a common carrier of passengers for hire, and that a taxicab engaged in said…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Herrin, Lambert & Co. v. DalyMississippi Supreme Court · 1902
- Lancaster v. LancasterMississippi Supreme Court · 1952
- Thompson v. Mississippi Cent. R.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1936
- PETERMANN v. GaryMississippi Supreme Court · 1951
- M. & A. Motor Freight Lines, Inc. v. VillereMississippi Supreme Court · 1941
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- Kent v. FreemanCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1960
- Toche v. KillebrewCourt of Appeals of Mississippi · 1999
- Smith v. CrawfordMississippi Supreme Court · 2006
- Taylor v. CulpepperMississippi Supreme Court · 1968
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