National Cab Co. v. Bagby

196 Va. 703 (1955)

NATIONAL CAB COMPANY, INCORPORATED

v.

ROSETTA BAGBY.

Record No. 4299.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 17, 1955.

Sands, Marks & Sands, for the plaintiff in error.

P. A. L. Smith, Jr. and Beverley H. Randolph, Jr., for the defendant in error.

Present, Hudgins, C.J., and Eggleston, Buchanan, Miller and Smith, JJ.

Plaintiff was awarded a verdict of $1,500 for injuries sustained while a passenger in one of defendant's taxicabs. The evidence showed that to let her out the cab driver double-parked so that only the left rear door could be opened, that he opened this door for her, and that…