Peterson v. De Luxe Cab Co.

— The DeLuxe Cab Company was the owner and operator of a certain Pontiac motor ear which was used as a taxicab and driven by Harold Smith.

Main Street in the city of Ottumwa runs east and west, and Green Street intersects it, running north and south. The taxicab stand was located just north of Main, on the east side of Green Street.

On the 12th day of September, 1936, at about the hour of five, H. B. Peterson left his place of business at 211 Bast Main Street, and, observing that it was raining, decided to engage a taxicab to take him home. He walked to the comer of Main and Market, then turned…