Payne v. Atlantic Greyhound Bus Lines

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Baker.

There are three cases involved, but all three were tried together in County Court of Greenville County, and the appeal to this Court treats them as one case.

They are actions in tort for the alleged invasion of the rights of respondents, P. O. Payne and his two children, P. O. Payne, Jr., and Carolyn Payne, as passengers at the hands of appellant, a common carrier of passengers for hire, and upon the trial of the cases, there was testimony to the following:

On the early morning of July 20, 1935, before the ticket office opened,…