Baker v. Kansas City Public Service Co.

Action for personal injury; verdict and judgment for $9,000 went for plaintiff; defendant appealed.

About 4:30 P.M., on August 25, 1941, plaintiff was driving his automobile north on Troost Avenue in Kansas City. In front of him were defendant's northbound street car and an automobile some 25 or 30 feet to the rear or south of the street car. Out to the right some 3 or 4 feet and 10 or 15 feet in front of plaintiff's automobile was a boy on a bicycle; and about 25 or 30 feet south of plaintiff was an automobile also traveling north. The northbound line of traffic, unless it was the boy on the…