Topeka City Railway Co. v. Higgs
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Shawnee District Court. Action by Higgs against the Topeka City Railway Company, to recover damages for bodily injuries received on October 1, 1885, while plaintiff was a passenger on one of the defendant’s cars.
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Error from Shawnee District Court. Action by Higgs against the Topeka City Railway Company, to recover damages for bodily injuries received on October 1, 1885, while plaintiff was a passenger on one of the defendant’s cars. Trial by a jury, at the April Term, 1886. Among the instructions given the jury, are the following: “3. Carriers of passengers are bound to exercise all possible skill, foresight and care in the running of their cars, so that passengers may not be exposed to danger on account of the manner in which the cars are run. “4. If plaintiff got upon defendant’s car in company with…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Simpson, C.:
The defendant in error was a passenger on one of the open cars of the street railway company on the evening of October 1, 1885, at a time when there was a vast concourse of people in the city of Topeka, drawn together by a sham battle on the fair grounds during a soldiers’ reunion. The car upon which the defendant in error was riding was going north from the fair grounds along a street known as Topeka avenue. On this street, and between Huntoon and Thirteenth streets, is located alongside of the main track of the street railway, and to the east of it, a switch track, 217…
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