Smith v. City of Kansas City

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hopkins, J.:

The action was one to recover damages for personal injuries, also for damage to a truck, growing out of alleged negligence of the defendant in constructing and maintaining one of its bridges. The plaintiff appeals from an order sustaining a demurrer to his petition.

The petition alleged substantially that defendant constructed a wooden bridge defectively; also allowed it to' become old, worn out, unsafe and dangerous to traffic; that the defendant had actual knowledge of its dangerous, defective and unsafe condition, but negligently failed…