Virginia Stage Lines, Inc. v. Newcomb

This writ of error brings before us for review a judgment against the' plaintiff in error (defendant below) in favor of Georgiana S. Newcomb, plaintiff, for damages for injuries sustained by her due to a fall from the platform into the driveway of defendant’s bus terminal in Lynch-burg. The plaintiff’s charge of negligence is thus stated in her notice of motion for judgment.

“Your negligence consisted in your failure to adopt reasonable precautions to provide a safe mode of access to the buses, and to prevent the crowding of passengers on the platform in such manner as was likely to cause…