Galloway v. Hutchinson Interurban Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

BURCH, J.:

The action was one for damages for personal injuries sustained through the negligence of the defendant. The plaintiff recovered and the defendant appeals.

The defendant operates a double-track street railway running north and south on Main street in the city of Hutchinson. The inside rails of the two tracks are fifty-eight inches apart and the clearance between cars is about a foot. • The plaintiff was a passenger on a northbound car operated on the east track. At a point on Eighth street, which extends east and *111west across Main street, he…