Hayes v. Johnson

BOUTALL, Judge.

The basic question presented for review is who is the owner of the franchise granted by the City of New Orleans to operate a taxi cab service, along with the trade name, “V-8 Cab Service of V-8 Taxi Cab Service”. There have been a number of law suits brought over the last several years litigating certain ancillary aspects of this basic question, and finally, the matter is before us on the merits.

Otha Hayes was the owner of a franchise granted by the City of New Orleans to operate a taxi cab service known as “V-8 Taxi Cab Service”, using the name “V-8 Cab Service” applied to…