Betz v. Teche Lines

Plaintiff sues for damages on account of an assault which he claims was made on him by one of defendant's bus drivers as the former was about to board a bus in Baton Rouge on a trip to New Orleans on January 27, 1940. He alleges that he purchased a ticket from Baton Rouge to New Orleans, and when the departure of the 6:15 bus was announced, he walked to the entrance of the bus and was told by the bus driver that he would have to wait for the next bus; that he then asked the bus driver why he could not board the bus as it was not full, whereupon, the bus driver struck him with his fist and…