GRAVES v. ATCHISON, T. & S.F.RY.CO.

No. 41469.

227 S.W.2d 660 (1950)

GRAVES v. ATCHISON, T. & S. F. RY. CO. et al.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

March 13, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Lathrop, Sam D. Parker, Donald H. Sharp, Kansas City, Waldo Edwards, Paul D. Hess, Jr., Macon, for appellants.

Robert N. Jones, St. Louis, for respondent.


VAN OSDOL, Commissioner.

Action for $10,000 for the death of America V. Graves, which occurred October 19, 1947, at Carpenter Crossing, about three and three-fourths miles west of La Plata, when the 1926 Model T Ford automobile in which she was riding as a guest of her son, Everett Graves, was struck by defendant Railway Company's westbound passenger train of eight coaches drawn by an oil-burning steam engine.

Plaintiff's case was submitted to the jury under...

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