Johnson v. Kansas City Public Service Co.

WESTHUES, Commissioner.

This is an action to recover damages for personal injuries allegedly sustained by plaintiff who was a passenger on a streetcar of the defendant company when it collided with a tractor-trailer truck at the intersection of 7th Street and Chelsea Avenue (sometimes referred to as Richmond Boulevard) in Kansas City, Kansas. A trial resulted in a verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $15,000. Defendant’s motion for new trial was denied and defendant appealed from the judgment entered.

The defendant on this appeal, in its brief, complains of: two instructions given by the trial…