Stevenson v. Kansas City Southern Ry. Co.

This is an action for damages for personal injuries. Plaintiff had a verdict for $12,500. The court sustained defendant's motion for new trial on the ground "that the court erred in overruling defendant's demurrer at the close of all the evidence, and in denying the motion of defendant at the close of all the evidence for a directed verdict." Plaintiff has appealed from this order.

Plaintiff was injured by the collapse of a building, under construction by a contractor to whom defendant had let this work. The case was submitted upon defendant's negligence in preparing and furnishing plans and…