Metropolitan Street-railway Co. v. Hanson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Greene, J. :

This was an action to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by the plaintiff through the negligence of the employees of the defendants, the Metropolitan Street Railway Company and the Kansas City Elevated Railway Company, while she was a passenger on one of their cars. Plaintiff recovered judgment against the Metropolitan Street Railway Company, to reverse which this proceeding is prosecuted.

The plaintiff was a passenger upon one of the elevated lines of the defendant’s road from Kansas City, Mo., to the James…