Phillips v. City of Wichita

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Dawson, J.:

The plaintiff, Mrs. Bessie Phillips, sued the city of Wichita for damages because of injuries sustained by her when riding in an automobile with her husband on Douglas avenue, the principal street of Wichita. As the automobile with its occupants was driven eastward, one misty evening after nightfall, it collided with one of the abutments of the railway viaduct which spans Douglas avenue as an overhead crossing. The street at that point is somewhat in excess of 114 feet in width, and pedestrian, vehicular and street-car traffic are kept…