May v. Yellow Cab Co.

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

REYNOLDS, J.

Plaintiff sues defendant to recover $421.60 damages to his automobile caused by its being driven into a truck belonging to defendant which, he alleges, defendant’s servant had left standing in the middle of a street in the city of Shreveport without a tail light or other warning sign at night and during a heavy rain.

He alleges, in paragraph 3 of his petition, that—

“Your petitioner shows at the time of said collision that the truck ' belonging to the Yellow Cab Company, Inc., was operated and being driven by an employee of the said Yellow Cab Company, Inc.”

Defen…