Missouri Pacific Railroad Company v. McDaniel

Conley Byrd, Justice.

These personal injury actions grow out of a railroad crossing collision at Blackville, Arkansas. Reverend A. L. Perkins, age 76, a resident of Little Rock, was the pastor of a small church. He drove his car across the tracks in front of a Missouri Pacific Railroad Company train operated by C. Stover, the engineer and A. D. Harper, the fireman. Sam McDaniel, age 74, and Walker Templeton, age 86, were passengers in Reverend Perkins’ automobile. The two passengers were killed in the collision. Because of the injuries received, Reverend Perkins had no recollection of the…