Martin v. Burney

BARNS, J.:

This appeal involves like proceedings in each of the above named suits, one brought by James Williams against Lee R. Wright and W. H. Burney and the other brought by Lottie Martin against Lee R. Wright and W. H. Burney. The proceedings had below were identical and, therefore, the rulings here in one appeal will govern the other.

We will deal with the Williams case, in which the defendants were sued by reason of injuries received by the plaintiff while a passenger in a taxicab, resulting from a collision between a cab owned by Burney and a car driven by Wright. After the suit was…