Bellamy v. Kansas City Railways Co.
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Wyandotte district court, division No. 1; Edward L. Fischer, judge.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Dawson, J.:
This was an action' by parents for the death of their seven-year-old son who was run over by a street car, causing injuries from which he died.
The accident happened while the car was being backed on a Y track. The child climbed upon a drawbar projecting behind the car. The conductor had alighted or was about to alight on the other side of the car to turn the switch and did not see the lad. Neither did the motorman, who was at the front end of the car, operating it in a backward direction. The child slipped from his dangerous position, fell…
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