Oklahoma Transportation Co. v. Mitchell

Plaintiff brought this action to recover damages for personal injuries allegedly sustained as the result of a collision between a bus, operated by defendant Oklahoma Transportation Company, upon which plaintiff was a paying passenger, and a truck owned and operated by defendant truck company.

The petition charged the defendant truck company with negligence in operating its truck at a greater speed (50 mph.) than was prudent under the circumstances, considering the curved highway and icy condition thereof, and in operating such vehicle to the left of center of the highway, in violation of the…