Fair v. Union Traction Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The action was one for damages for personal injuries sustained through the collision of one of the defendant’s street cars with an automobile in which the plaintiff was riding. The plaintiff recovered, and the defendant appeals.

The automobile was driven by a doctor who was a friend of the plaintiff, and who was taking the plaintiff to his home at about eleven o’clock at night. Myrtle street in the city of Independence extends east and west. Myrtle street is crossed by streets running north and south, numbered consecutively from east to west.…