Mathews v. Kansas City Railways Co.

Citations

• 104 Kan. 92
• 178 P. 252
• 1919 Kan. LEXIS 191

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Negligence — Collision between Two Street Cars — Personal Injuries— Proximate Cause. The evidence in the case examined, and it is held to be sufficient to support a finding that the injury sustained by plaintiff while riding as a passenger on one of defendant’s cars was the result of the negligence of the defendant in causing another of its cars to collide with the one on which the plaintiff was riding, and that the evidence fairly tends to show that the collision was the proximate cause of the injury sustained. .</p> <p>2. Same — Trial—Instructions. Objections made to some of the instructions given to the jury are held to be without merit.</p> <p>3. Same — Award of Damages Not Excessive. Under the evidence as to the nature and extent of the injuries of the plaintiff, it is held that an award of $15,000 as damages cannot be regarded as excessive.</p>