Dearing v. Wichita Railroad & Light

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

This was an action for damages for injuries sustained by plaintiff in being struck and injured by one of defendant’s street cars in Wichita.

The pertinent facts were these: Main street in Wichita runs north and south. Defendant has a double line of car tracks in that street. Second and Third streets intersect Main street at right .angles. On August 23,1927, about 6:30 a. m., plaintiff started from a point on the west side to cross Main street diagonally toward the southeast between Second and Third about midway of the block. When she reached…