Whitesell v. Joplin & Pittsburg Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Marshall, J.:

The plaintiff sued to recover for injuries sustained by him in a collision between cars of the defendant railway company while he was a passenger on one of its cars. He sued the railway company, D. O. Keplinger, the motorman, and J. G. Nichols, the conductor on the car which ran into the car on which the plaintiff was riding. The cars were on the same track and were going in the same direction. The rear car ran into the front one. J. G. Nichols went out of the case on his demurrer to the plaintiff’s evidence. A verdict for $22,500 was…