Powell v. Jonesboro, Lake City & Eastern Railway Co.

Appellant sued, as administrator of the estate of C. M. Powell, to recover damages for the killing of his intestate by one of the trains operated by appellee railroad company. At the conclusion of all the evidence the court directed a verdict in favor of appellee, and from the judgment pronounced on this verdict is this appeal.

Inasmuch as the verdict was directed against appellant, we must give the evidence offered in his behalf its highest probative value; and, when thus viewed, the testimony may be summarized as follows:

The railroad tracks ran north and south through the town of Monette,…