Hinsley v. Continental Trailways Bus System

HAMBLEN, Jr., Chief Justice.

Appellant instituted this suit in the District Court of Harris County to recover damages for alleged personal injuries which he claimed he sustained while a passenger on appellee’s bus. His injuries were alleged to have been sustained when another passenger, allegedly intoxicated, undertook to remove a heavy chest or suitcase from a luggage rack over appellant’s head and allowed such chest or case to fall and strike appellant. The appellee joined issue with appellant as to all allegations made, and the.evidence offered before the trial court consisted primarily of…