Frailey v. Kurn

Lester E. Frailey, Jr., instituted this action against J.M. Kurn and John G. Lonsdale as trustees of St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company to recover $75,000 damages for personal injuries sustained while stealing a ride on one of defendants' trains. Cast at the close of the evidence, plaintiff appealed.

Plaintiff and several companions in plaintiff's automobile were at Pevely's Dairy, Gore avenue and Big Bend road, Webster Groves, Missouri, about three o'clock on the afternoon of September 4, 1936, when a westbound Frisco train came by. Plaintiff was eighteen years of age, had good vision,…