TURNER v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY

No. 46555.

319 S.W.2d 539 (1959)

Orris TURNER, Respondent, v. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

January 12, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Gentry, Herbert E. Bryant, Arnot L. Sheppard, St. Louis, for appellant, Joseph H. Wright, Herbert J. Deany, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

John P. Sullivan, St. Louis, for respondent.


VAN OSDOL, Commissioner.

Defendant, Illinois Central Railroad Company, has appealed from a judgment of $8,000 for personal injuries and property damages sustained by plaintiff when he drove his automobile at nighttime into the side of defendant's moving freight train at the Grand Tower grade crossing on State Highway No. 3 in Illinois. Plaintiff's case was submitted to the jury on negligence of defendant in failing to provide...

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