Walters v. Southeastern Greyhound Lines

STANLEY, Commissioner.

In this suit for damages by the appellant, Mrs. Zella Walters, against the Southeastern Greyhound Lines and Bashem Smith, the court directed a verdict for the bus company, and the jury found for Smith. A reversal of the judgment is sought upon the grounds of error in giving the peremptory instruction and in the instructions submitting the case against Smith.

The plaintiff was a passenger in a bus. Evidence in her behalf, was that while the bus was going 35 or 40 miles an hour, Smith’s truck came around a curve, running “pretty fast,” or 55 or 60 miles an hour, slipping or…