Atlanta Transit System, Inc. v. Hines

Deen, Presiding Judge.

1. Six enumerations of error go to the general grounds. The record shows that appellee, a minor, was riding on appellant’s bus with his arm out the window. It is uncontested that the bus had made a regular start with no jerks, jolts or unusual movements and the bus itself made no contact with the pole.

Appellant carrier was bound to exercise extraordinary diligence for the appellee’s safety. Code §§ 18-102, 18-204. Extraordinary diligence is that extreme care and caution which very prudent and thoughtful persons exercise under the same or similar circumstances; the…