Murphy v. Cordle

Opinion op the Count by

Chief Justice Rees

Reversing.

Glen Edward Cordle, a child eight years of age, was injured when he fell from a moving taxicab owned by Curtis Murphy and Ida Murphy, doing business as Buick Taxicab Company, and driven by their employee James Hunt. The accident happened near the intersection of 13th Street and Blackburn Avenue in Ashland, Kentucky, on January 21, 1945. The action was brought against the owners of the taxicab in the name of Glen Edward Cordle by his mother, Ruby. Cordle, as his next friend. On the trial of the case the jury returned a verdict for the…