Teche Lines, Inc. v. Kellar

This is an appeal from a judgment of the circuit court of Pearl River county against the Teche Lines, Inc., for damages alleged to have been sustained by the appellee, Mrs. Lula Kellar, while she was a passenger on a bus owned and operated by the appellant.

The declaration alleged that on July 18, 1934, appellee flagged the appellant’s bus near Poplarville, boarded the same, and paid her fare to Poplarville; that before she could reach a seat the bus driver started the bus with a sudden, savage jerk, which threw her across a seat of the bus, striking her side and causing her great pain and…