Texas, New Mexico & Oklahoma Coaches, Inc. v. Hill

NORTHCUTT, Justice.

This is an action for personal damages brought by Damon H. Hill, hereinafter referred to as plaintiff, against Texas, New Mexico & Oklahoma Coaches, Inc., hereinafter referred to as defendant. Plaintiff alleged that on or about January 19, 1952, he was a fare-paying passenger upon a bus owned and operated by the defendant, which bus was then -being driven from Paducah, Texas, to Lubbock, Texas. Plaintiff was a teacher and coach at the Dunbar School in Lubbock, Texas. On or about January 18, 1952, the bus in question was hired to take the plaintiff and a group of boys and…