Dutton v. Kansas City Terminal Railway Ass'n

The plaintiff brought suit against the defendants for injuries received by him in Kansas City, in a collison of his truck with an engine of the Chicago & Alton Railroad Company. The trial court sustained a demurrer to the evidence at the close of the plaintiff’s case, and he appealed.

The collision occurred March 31, 1920, early in the forenoon. The track upon which it took place belonged to the defendant, the. Terminal Railway Company, and the defendant Chicago & Alton Railroad Company operated its trains upon it under a lease-. The incident occurred in the yards at what was known as the…