Clark v. Atchison & Eastern Bridge Co.

Plaintiff, a minor, brought this action by next friend to recover damages in the sum of $50,000 for personal injuries alleged to have been caused and suffered on or about April 3, 1925, by reason of the negligence of defendant corporation, which owns, operates and maintains a toll bridge across the Missouri River, extending between the city of Atchison, in the State of Kansas, and the town of Winthrop, or East Atchison, in the State of Missouri. The bridge in question is used for railroad, pedestrian and vehicular traffic, and a single railroad track extends along and across such bridge,…