Homan v. Missouri Pacific Railroad

The plaintiff Homer Homan and his wife, Mildred Homan, resided at Kansas City, Missouri. On Christmas day, 1928, they were visiting at the home of plaintiff's father at Smithton, Missouri. In the afternoon of that day, intending to return to their home, they boarded a motorbus bound for Kansas City. The bus was owned and operated by the defendant Capitol Stage Lines Company which, as a common carrier of passengers, operated a line of motorbusses or coaches between St. Louis and Kansas City over U.S. Highway 50. As the bus, upon which plaintiff and his wife were passengers, traveling west,…