Kimbro v. Black & White Cab Co.

This case is in this court to review the judgment of the superior court affirming an award of the industrial commission denying compensation to the claimant. Claimant was a taxicab driver employed by the defendant company at the time he received the injury for which he seeks compensation. It was a custom among the drivers of the cabs of the company, and a rule of the company not approved by the commission, that the first in line at a taxicab stand was first out; that is to say, the one first in line received the next fare. Drivers of cabs are paid a commission or receive a percentage of the…