Grubbs v. Kansas City Public Service Co.

This is a personal injury case growing out of a collision between a street car, owned by the Kansas City Railways Company and operated by its receivers, and an automobile in which respondent, Nonie Grubbs, was riding. Appellant, Kansas City Public Service Company, is the successor of the Kansas City Railways Company and as such defended the action.

The case was submitted under the humanitarian rule, plaintiff’s petition stating “that on November 18, 1925, she was riding as a passenger in a Ford sedan which at that time was being driven and operated north on Benton Boulevard and was approaching…