Burns v. Metropolitan Street-Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J. :

The plaintiff in error was injured in a collision between an express-wagon in which he was riding and an electric trolley-car operated by defendant in error. He was attempting to drive over the rails of the company on Union avenue, in Kansas City, where the cars run nearly east and west, on double tracks. He was going north. He stopped until a west-bound car passed in front of him, but was *189struck by a car going east on the south track. There were two hacks, which were six or seven feet high, standing in the street near to, and west of, his…