Danville Cab Co. v. Hendren

Opinion of the Court by

Morris, Commissioner

Affirming.

Appellee, plaintiff below, recovered a judgment of $720 for damages to Ms automobile occasioned by a collision between Ms car and a taxicab owned and operated by a partnership doing business under appellant’s name. In petition it was charged that the injury was caused by the driver’s negligence in the operation of appellant’s cab.

Appellant answered denying, , and affirmatively pleading appellee’s contributory negligence, and by counterclaim pleading sole negligence of Hendren, sought recovery for damages to the cab. It was stipulated that…