CHAUFFEUR - Black's Law Dictionary

What is CHAUFFEUR? Definition of CHAUFFEUR in Black's Law Dictionary - Legal dictionary - Glossary of legal terms.

An operator who directly or indirectly receives compensation for operating motor vehicle. Turner v. State, 226 Ala. 269, 146 So. 601. Operators who drive jitneys in cities and towns for hire, Day v. Bush, 18 La.App. 682, 139 So. 42, 44. Person employed or paid to operate, drive and attend car. People v. Fulton, 96 Misc. 663, 162 N.Y.S. 125, 126; Des Moines Rug Cleaning Co. v. Automobile Underwriters, 215 Iowa 246, 245 N.W. 215, 217; State v. Depew, Md., 175 Md. 274, 1 A.2d 626, 627.

Test whether person is a chauffeur is whether he operated motor vehicle in whole or parttime employment, whether he was at such time an employee, servant, agent, or independent contractor, and whether he was paid for his service. Maryland Casualty Co. v. Cronholm, D.C.Tex., 32 F.Supp. 375, 377.

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