Dixie Motor Coach Corp. v. Fry

YOUNG, Justice.

Appellee’s suit was for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained while a passenger of defendant, en route from Dallas to Neyland Junction, a stop some eight miles beyond Greenville, Hunt County. Upon trial, the jury assessed damages at $500. Defendant’s motion for instructed verdict at close of testimony, and non ob-stante veredicto thereafter, were each overruled, and appeal has been perfected from a judgment in the amount stated.

Plaintiff, a colored woman, thirty-five years of age, on the afternoon of February 13, 1942, had boarded defendant’s 3:30 bus at the Dallas…