South Plains Coaches, Inc. v. Box

JACKSON, Chief Justice.

The record shows that the appellant, South Plains Coaches, Inc., is a common carrier engaged in transporting for hire passengers from Lubbock, Tex., by way of Crosbyton, Guthrie, and Benjamin to Wichita Falls. On May 3, 1935, Mrs. Box, the wife of appellee, L. E. Box, purchased from appellant’s agent at Crosbyton a ticket entitling her to transportation; she became a passenger on its bus, which proceeded on its journey to a point several miles east of Guthrie where it stopped on account of some minor mechanical trouble; while stopped the driver informed Mrs. Box that…