Kelly v. Muscatine, Burlington & Southern Railroad

This is an action to recover for personal injuries received by tbe plaintiff while a passenger on a motor *19car of the defendant railway company. The defendant in addition to steam trains for freight traffic operated interurban gasoline motor cars for the carriage of passengers.

Plaintiff purchased a ticket at Muscatine, and his destination was Wapello, Iowa. At a point about four miles from Muscatine at 6 o’clock P. M. December 4, 1919 the car in which plaintiff was riding left the rails, overturned, and completely burned causing very severe injuries to plaintiff. The car was lighted by…