Mahaney v. Kansas City, Clay County & St. Joseph Auto Transit Co.

Plaintiff, a resident of Clay County, Missouri, sued defendant, a common carrier, to recover damages in the sum of thirty thousand dollars, for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained as the result of a fall, while attempting to descend from defendant's bus. On a trial the jury returned a verdict for defendant. Plaintiff, being unsuccessful in her motion for a new trial, duly perfected an appeal to this court.

The acts of negligence charged against defendant in plaintiff's petition are substantially as follows: Plaintiff, a passenger, was permitted, by the driver of the bus, to enter…