Robinson v. Duke Power Co.

Stukes, J.:

Respondent is an old employee of the Southern Railway and works at their shops a few miles from Spartanburg on the Asheville highway. In accord with his custom of many years he boarded a passenger bus of Duke Power Company at the shops at a little after four o’clock on the afternoon of July 25, 1946, to return to his home in the city. He sat on the back seat in conformity with the requirement that colored persons occupy the rear seats. The bus proceeded towards Spartanburg and after a little distance pulled toward the right of the road and slowed to pick up a prospective passenger…