Horton Ex Rel. Estate of Scott v. Greyhound Corp.

Brailseord, Justice.

J. C. Scott was killed in a head-on collision between a pick-up truck, in which he was a passenger, and a Greyhound bus. This action was brought by Scott’s Administratrix, under the wrongful death statute, against The Greyhound Corporation and its bus driver. A trial resulted in a verdict for the defendants by direction of the court and plaintiff appealed. Admittedly, the evidence was sufficient to raise a jury issue as to whether the bus was being operated at an excessive rate of speed. The sole question is whether plaintiff sustained the burden of producing evidence from…