Bogner v. Kendle

Opinion op the Court by

Clay, Commissioner

Affirming.

At about five o’clock on the morning of January 4, 1945, appellees’ taxicab was involved in an accident with an automobile occupied by the two appellants. The latter suffered serious personal injuries. A jury returned a verdict for appellees on the ground the driver of the taxicab “was not the servant, agent, or employee of said defendants at the time and place of the accident. ’ ’ The only issue on this appeal involves the question of agency. Appellants’ principal contention is that the verdict was not sustained by sufficient evidence and…