Airline Motor Coaches, Inc. v. Bennett

MURRAY, Justice.

W. B. Bennett and his wife, Mrs. Elva Bennett, were driving in their automobile with Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Campbell, driven by Mr. Campbell, on highway 59 on June 23, 1943, when the automobile was in a collision with a bus of Airline Motor Coaches, Inc., which occurred in Polk County, Texas, a short distance south of the Trinity River bridge. Mr. Bennett was killed in the wreck and Mrs. Bennett was severely injured. The bus was headed south towards Houston and the automobile in which the Bennetts were riding was proceeding in a northerly direction away from Houston. The collision…