White v. City of Kansas City

Citations

• 102 Kan. 495
• 170 P. 809
• 1918 Kan. LEXIS 76

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>HIGHWAYS' — Heavy Vehicles — Duty to Plank Bridges and Culverts— Statute Applies to Horse-drawn Wagons. A purpose to legislate concerning horse-drawn wagons, as well as automobiles, is shown by the amendment of a statute requiring certain precautions in crossing a bridge, the relation of the two acts being indicated by the following-reprint, in which omitted words are enclosed in brackets, /and added words are italicised:</p> <p>“That all persons owning, controlling, operating, or managing steam or gasoline threshing-machines, sawmills, [or steam] traction engines or transfer wagons or vehicles of any kind used for the transportation or distribution of oil or other merchandise or commodity and [in] moving the same over the public highway are required to lay down planks not less than one foot wide, three inches in thickness, and of sufficient length, on the floor of all bridges and culverts, situated on the public highway, while crossing the same, for the wheels of said engine[s] of any kind to run on while crossing such bridge or culvert; Provided, That this section shall not apply to any machine or engine not exceeding [one] three tons in weight. . .</p>