Gilbert v. Kansas City Railways Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.:

A collision between one of appellant’s street cars and an automobile on which John Morris was riding as a passenger resulted in the death of Morris and in this lawsuit to recover damages.

Quindaro boulevard in Kansas City runs, at the place of the accident, east and west, and Seventeenth street crosses the boulevard running north and south. The accident occurred between 8 and 9 o’clock on a morning in July. The street car was running west on Quindaro boulevard at a speed of about thirty miles per hour. The automobile was a Ford truck driven…