Robinson v. Kansas City, Missouri, & The Parker-Washington Co.

Plaintiff sued to recover damages he sustained in consequence of personal injuries to his wife which he alleges were caused by negligence of defendants in failing to guard an embankment and excavation in one of the public streets of Kansas City which had been recently graded by the defendant The Parker-Washington Company under contract with the defendant city. Separate answers were filed, each con*212taining a general denial and a plea of contributory negligence. At the close of plaintiff’s evidence the court sustained demurrers to the evidence offered by the respective defendants whereupon…