Hot Springs Street Ry. Co. v. Jones

Carleton Harris, Chief Justice.

This appeal is the result of a judgment entered by the Garland County Circuit Court wherein Mrs. Charlotte Jones, appellee, was awarded the sum of $12,500 for injuries allegedly sustained through the negligence of the bus operator of appellant company. According to appellee’s proof, Mrs. Jones, a widow, 91 years of age, attempted to board one of appellant’s buses on September 21, 1959. As she started onto tbe bus, placing her right foot on the step, and her hand on the rod, the bus started up, and the door closed, catching her by the wrist. When the door was…