Montgomery v. Virginia Stage Lines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
FAHY, Circuit Judge.
Appellant was a passenger in a bus of the appellee, a common carrier. She sued in the District Court to recover for injuries alleged to have been caused by her suitcase falling upon her from the rack above her. The evidence at the trial discloses that she had boarded the bus in Washington and that the accident occurred at a point in Virginia some 170 miles beyond. There is a dispute as to whether she or the operator of the vehicle, defendant’s employee, placed the suitcase in the rack. There is also a divergence in the testimony as to how far the bag overhung the outer bar…
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