Orander v. Stafford

MildeR, Judge:

Claiming damages for the partial destruction of his automobile by fire, caused by the alleged negligence of defendant’s servant or driver, plaintiff brought this action, and recovered in the trial court a verdict and judgment for $750.00. To the judgment of the court below, defendant has prosecuted this writ of error.

Plaintiff was a taxicab owner and driver and had parked his ear on a wooden platform used for that purpose, located just off a public street. Defendant’s car, also used as a taxicab and operated by a driver employed for that purpose, was parked by the side of…