Lawrence v. Kansas Power & Light Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harvey, C. J.:

These were two actions for damages sustained in. a collision of an automobile, in which the plaintiffs were riding, and the defendant’s passenger bus, alleged to have resulted from defendant’s negligence. The Lawrence case was tried to a jury. The parties agreed the Taylor case would be tried to the court upon the same evidence. At the close of plaintiff’s evidence in the Lawrence case defendant demurred to the evidence and moved for judgment “for the reason that the plaintiff had failed to prove any negligence on the part of the…