Proudfoot v. Pocahontas Transportation Co.

Litz, President :

This action, in trespass on the case, was brought to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the plaintiff, Ella Proudfoot, while a passenger on the motor bus of defendant, a corporation. To the judgment upon a verdict in favor of plaintiff for $7,000.00 the defendant prosecutes error.

Acting under a franchise or certificate of convenience from the State road commission, the defendant operates between fixed termini in McDowell county a number of motor buses for the carriage of passengers. On August 25, 1924, the plaintiff boarded one of its busses at Welch for…