Wilson v. . Bus Lines

Civil action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been caused by the neglect or default of the defendant.

On 9 August, 1937, the plaintiff purchased a ticket from an agent of the defendant in New York and took passage on one of its buses for Charlotte, N.C. While traveling through the State of Virginia the plaintiff asked the driver to stop the bus and allow him to leave it for the purpose of relieving the pressure on his kidneys. Pursuant to this request, the bus was stopped at a filling station on the side of the road about five miles south of Martinsville. As plaintiff…