Patterson v. Thompson

RUARK, Judge.

Plaintiff received a verdict for ’ $2,500 because of injuries sustained in a fall on a crossing where the Missouri Pacific railroad track and B Street in the city-of Poplar Bluff intersect. The petition charges negligence in permitting a large hole between the rails in the traveled portion of the street; that the crossing, approach was steep; that plaintiff was riding in a southbound truck then being driven by her husband and the wheels of such truck struck the hole and caused her to be' thrown against the door or door handle, whereby the weight of her body released the catch…