Hughes v. Gregory Bus Lines, Inc.

On September 17, 1928, appellee was operating a bus line as a common carrier of passengers, and on that date appellant took passage on one of appellee’s carriages at 0’B.eilly in Coahoma county en route to Memphis, having purchased a ticket to that destination. While thus a passenger and at a point near the town of Coahoma, a stone thrown from the road by a passing automobile struck the bus window, next to which appellant was riding, shattering the glass, and a sliver of glass struck appellant in the left eye, cutting the eyelid and penetrating the eyeball. The blood flowed freely, and the…