Safety Cab, Inc. v. Ferguson

This is an appeal by the defendant, appellant herein, from a judgment of the Shelby Circuit Court in an action brought to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained while the appellee was riding as a paying passenger in the appellant’s taxicab.

The facts as alleged in the complaint are as follows. About 4:00 a.m. on Sunday morning, October 9, 1960, the appellant’s taxicab, driven by one Robert Mitchem, picked up the appellee as a fare and proceeded to drive the appellee to his home. The driver drove the taxicab east on 29th Street, a preferential street in the City of…