SOUTHWESTERN GREYHOUND LINES v. SMITH

No. 36057.

277 P.2d 157 (1954)

SOUTHWESTERN GREYHOUND LINES, Inc., Plaintiff in Error, v. Myrtle SMITH, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied November 23, 1954.

Application for Leave to File Second Petition for Rehearing Denied December 14, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D.S. MacDonald, Jr., Durant, for plaintiff in error.

Paul and McPheron, Durant, for defendant in error.


CORN, Justice.

Plaintiff, accompanied by her small daughter, boarded defendant's bus in Atoka, as a paying passenger bound for Durant, Oklahoma. Upon taking a seat on the right hand side she was injured as the result of sitting upon an ordinary sewing needle which punctured her right buttock and broke, leaving a part of the needle embedded in her hip. She testified she suffered a "rigor" and a chill and thus was unable to speak until the bus was approximately two...

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