Piehler Ex Rel. Schultz v. Kansas City Public Service Co.

In November 1944 the plaintiff, Rollin Piehler, his brother, Louis, and their friend, Ray Starks, were going horseback riding at the Park Valley Stables near Swope Park. A station wagon from the riding stable was to meet them at the end of the car line. Louis and Ray were twelve years old. Rollin was eleven and weighed eighty-eight pounds. By the time the Swope Park car approached the end of the line the three boys were the only passengers. As the streetcar approaches the eastern end of the line it runs in an easterly direction, veering to the south, and enters a loop. The loop forms a…