Mosley v. Teche Lines, Inc.

BOULDIN, Justice.

The suit was for personal injury to a passenger. Defendant was a common carrier of passengers by motorbus.

The evidence, presented by plaintiff alone, disclosed an unusual casualty.

The motorbus was on a regular trip from Birmingham to New Orleans. Plaintiff was a passenger. It was a rainy day in February. Approaching Hattiesburg, Miss., there was a stretch of unpaved road, surfaced with gravel or chert. The road became muddy and slippery, with some pools of water in ruts or depressions.

A truck passed the motorbus. going in an opposite direction. Evidence tended to show that…