Johnson v. Santa Fe Trail Transportation Co.

HALLEY, V. C.J.

Inasmuch as the parties occupy the same positions here as in the trial court, they will be referred to in the same manner.

The plaintiff was a passenger for hire on defendant’s bus on November 2, 1947, which bus was en route to Muskogee from Fort Gibson on U. S. Highway 62. An accident occurred at the intersection of Highway 62, a paved highway, and Riverside Road, which is graveled at the point where the accident happened. This intersection is approximately 800 feet west of the Arkansas River Bridge. The highway, as it leaves the west end of the bridge, makes an S curve. The…