Durkin v. Kansas City Public Service Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Thiele, J.:

This was an action for damages.

The petition alleged and the evidence, to which the jury gave credence, showed that defendant The Wyandotte Railways Company owned, and defendant Kansas City Public Service Company operated, a double track of street railway on Kansas avenue in Kansas City, Kan.; that plaintiff, a woman about 50 years of age, lived on the north side of Kansas avenue in the 300 block; that on November *55910,1930, about 3:30 p. m., she started to cross Kansas avenue toward the east end of the block. She had passed between automobiles…