Hough v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

In this action C. F. Hough recovered a judgment for damages in the sum of $1,850 against the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Company in a crossing accident. Defendant appeals.

*758Plaintiff was personally injured and the automobile in which he was riding was damaged at a railroad crossing in the city of Mulvane, by an act of the defendant in backing a string of freight cars against him on a dark night while he was driving over the tracks. He alleged that the defendant negligently failed to have a light of any kind on the advancing car…