Bibb Transit Co. v. Scott

Carlisle, Judge.

The first special ground of the motion for new trial (designated special ground “A”) assigns error because it is contended that the trial court erred in failing to charge three timely submitted written requests. The first two of these requests are as follows:

“I charge you that when a passenger is seated on a bus and voluntarily gets up and stands for any purpose while the bus is in motion, such passenger assumes the risk of ordinary and inherently unavoidable movements of the bus by swaying or by its stopping at the command of a red traffic light and similar unavoidable or…