American Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. Thompson

Mrs. Thompson (the defendant in error) sued Florida Motor Lines Corporation, a common carrier for hire, and American Fidelity and Casualty Company Inc. (the plaintiff in error), as its insurer, for damages for injuries alleged to have been received in an accident at Fort Pierce, Florida. It was alleged that Florida Motor Lines Corporation operated busses between Jacksonville and Miami, Florida, and also operated “in interstate commerce in transporting passengers for hire into or through Georgia with trips originating in Florida” (par. 4); and that the plaintiff purchased a ticket at the bus…