Powers v. Kansas City Public Service Co.

Defendant in error brought this suit in equity to set aside a stipulation and judgment dismissing with prejudice her action asking $10,000 in damages against the plaintiff in error. The trial court entered a decree setting aside the stipulation and judgment of dismissal and reinstated the original suit for damages.

The case was brought here by a writ of error. Mable Powers, defendant in error, was the plaintiff and the Kansas City Public Service Company was the defendant in both actions. In the course of the opinion we shall refer to Mable Powers as plaintiff and the service company as the…