Tri-State Transit Co. of Louisiana, Inc. v. Lee

Smith, O. J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The appellant is a common carrier of passengers by means of motor busses over the public highways. One of its routes-passes through Columbia, Jackson and Winona, Mississippi, and thence on north. Another is from Columbus to Greenville, crossing the other route at Winona, Mississippi. The appellee, a boy thirteen years old, purchased a ticket from the appellant at Columbia which entitled him to transportation from Columbia via Jackson and Winona to Greenville. He was transported safely from Columbia to Winona, where it became necessary for him to…