Wilson v. Terry

Orena Terry filed suit in the circuit court against J. M. Majors, doing business as Majors Cab Company, to recover damages for a personal injury. Her declaration *415charged that she was a passenger for hire in a taxicab, No. 138, owned by Majors and driven by his agent Joe Lee Friley, who was then acting within the scope of his authority and about his master’s business; and that, on account of the negligence of the driver, she suffered the loss of an index finger, together with other damages.

Majors’ answer denied that there was any liability on him. He averred that he neither owned nor operated…