Quadlander v. Kansas City Public Service Co.

This is an action for damages for personal injuries. Plaintiff received a judgment for $5000, and defendant has appealed.

The defendant, a public carrier for hire, operates motorbuses over a route along McGee Street Trafficway (hereinafter called McGee), a public street in Kansas City, Missouri. On the morning of October 10, 1946, plaintiff was a passenger in one of defendant's Linwood-Benton buses as it proceeded north on McGee. This bus stopped on McGee at or near the intersection of McGee and 27th Street to discharge other passengers. It was stopped at this point when one of defendant's…