Missouri Pacific Railroad v. Lemons

This action ivas instituted by the appellee against the appellant in the Union circuit court to recover for damages alleged to have been caused by one of the trains of appellant striking the truck in which appellee was riding at a railroad crossing in El Dorado, Arkansas.

The appellee, W. 0. Lemons, testified that he was injured in a crossing accident on May 18, 1936; he was 56 years old and had lived in El Dorado since 1925; had been employed by various oil companies and had farmed two years; did hard manual labor and was in good health; he had been injured once before, but had had no trouble…