Isabella v. West Virginia Transportation Co.

Lovins, Judge:

This action of trespass on the case, instituted in the Circuit Court of Taylor County by Mary A. Isabella against West Virginia Transportation Company, a corporation, resulted in a verdict and judgment in favor of plaintiff in the sum of eighteen hundred dollars. The case is here on writ of error.

On November 6, 1946, plaintiff was a passenger on a motor bus operated by defendant, as a common carrier, intending to travel from her home at Flemington, West Virginia, to the City of Grafton. The bus was driven by a newly employed driver, but an expert and experienced driver was in…