Bazan v. CORPUS CHRISTI TRANSPORTATION COMPANY

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Daniel Bazan and wife and S. G. Perales sued Corpus Christi Transportation Company for damages caused by a collision on the streets of Corpus Christi between Per-ales’ automobile, in which Mrs. Bazan was riding, and a taxicab driven by an employee of Airline Taxi, Inc. Plaintiffs alleged that Corpus Christi had an ordinance regulating the operation of taxicabs; that by authority thereof the Transportation Company obtained a franchise and license and was authorized to operate taxicabs for hire in said city and that it thereby became a common carrier; that it obtained a…