Legal Opinion

Overstreet v. Missouri Pacific Railroad

District Court, W.D. Arkansas

Decided July 6, 1961No. Civ. A. No. 1579PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHN E. MILLER, Chief Judge.

This suit was commenced March 3, 1961, by the plaintiff, Mrs. Lillian Over-street, to recover damages for personal injuries received by her on August 5, 1959, while she was a passenger in an automobile being driven by her husband, C. A. Overstreet, Sr., which automobile was struck by a Diesel locomotive of the defendant at a grade crossing in the City of Fort Smith, Arkansas.

In numbered paragraphs 6 and 7 of the complaint, the plaintiff alleged:

“6.
“That the driver of the automobile in which plaintiff was riding as a passenger proceeded north onto the south edge of…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Bradley v. Missouri Pac. R.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1923
  2. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company v. HornSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1925
  3. Missouri Pac. R.R. Co., Thompson v. DoyleSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1942
  4. Blytheville, Leachville & Arkansas Southern Railway Co. v. GessellSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1923
  5. Missouri Pacific R.R. Co. v. DavisSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1939

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Wagnon v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.District Court, W.D. Arkansas · 1962
  2. Williams v. BNSF Railway CompanyDistrict Court, W.D. Arkansas · 2021

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