CONTINENTAL SOUTHERN LINES, INC. v. HILLAND

No. B-5004.

528 S.W.2d 828 (1975)

CONTINENTAL SOUTHERN LINES, INC., Petitioner, v. Ruth HILLAND et vir., Respondents.

Supreme Court of Texas.

October 8, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weitinger, Steelhammer & Tucker, Don A. Weitinger and Robert H. Steelhammer, Houston, for petitioner.

Jamail & Gano, Robert F. Stein, Houston, for respondents.


GREENHILL, Chief Justice.

Ruth Hilland, a passenger, was injured in Louisiana when she was getting off of a bus marked Continental Trailways. "Continental Trailways" is but a trade name used by a number of separate bus corporations as indicated below. The bus from which the plaintiff stepped was owned and operated by Continental Southern Lines, Inc. Suit was brought within two years by Ruth Hilland against Continental Trailways, Inc., a Texas...

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