Laphew v. Consolidated Bus Lines, Inc.

Riley, Judge:

In this action of trespass on the case, brought in the Circuit Court of McDowell County by David Graham Laphew against Consolidated Bus Lines, Inc., and Fred Murphy, its employee-bus operator, to recover damages for injuries sustained by plaintiff while riding as a passenger for hire on the bus of defendant bus company, operated by the defendant, Fred Murphy, from Welch, West Virginia, where plaintiff boarded the bus, to Coal-wood, West Virginia, plaintiff’s destination. Plaintiff prosecutes this writ of error to an order of the said circuit court setting aside a jury verdict in…