Y & Y CAB CO. v. Ford

This is an appeal by the Y & Y Cab Company from a judgment of the trial court sustaining a motion for a new trial.

The plaintiff alleged in her petition that, while she was a fare-paying passenger in one of defendant’s cabs, from her home to the Leonhardt Building in Oklahoma City, in alighting from the cab, she fell and sustained severe and permanent personal injuries as a result of the negligence of the defendant as follows:

“1. In that, although the plaintiff was infirm and crippled, the driver of said cab failed and neglected to aid and assist her in alighting from the cab.

“2. In that he…