Nunnery v. Baker

The Capital Terminal Company, a now defunct corporation, was engaged in the taxicab business in the City of Jackson, Mississippi. An ordinance of the city provides that: “All automobiles or busses, used for transporting passengers, operated in the City of Jackson, Mississippi, for hire, shall file an indemnity bond with the City of Jackson in the penal sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00), with a clause in said bond to satisfy any and all judgments of any person, firm or corporation, for personal injury or property damage, caused by the operation of said vehicle for hire in and over the…