Cato v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co.

Appellants are the widow and heirs at law of P. J. Cato, deceased. They brought this action against appellee to recover damages for his death, caused by the running of a train. At the conclusion of the evidence for appellants, the court instructed a verdict for appellee and entered judgment accordingly.

The facts, briefly stated, are as follows: Mr. Cato was a police officer in the city of Stuttgart, sixty-one years of age and weighed over two hundred pounds. His son last saw him at Pond’s Cafe about 7:30 p. m., November 15, 1933, when he left the cafe and started walking north on Main Street,…