Taunice J. Vidrine v. The Kansas City Southern Railway Co., Harold D. Vidrine v. The Kansas City Southern Railway Co.

RIVES, Circuit Judge:

The plaintiffs in two cases consolidated for trial sought to recover damages resulting from a collision between an automobile and a freight train. The questions presented on appeal concern whether the district court abused its discretion in denying motions for new trial. In one of the cases the plaintiff was Taunice Vidrine, driver of the automobile, who sought to recover damages for his own personal injuries and for the death of his wife, Mrs. Agnes Vidrine. The jury’s verdict denied him relief on the ground that he was guilty of negligence which was a proximate cause of…