St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. v. Clemons

Lyle BrowN, Justice.

This is an appeal by -Sh 'Loins Southwestern Railway Company from a jury verdict of $15,000 awarded Earl B. Clemons,' as' father and next friend of his fo-urteen-year-old son, Marion Lee Cleinónsi The hoy is alleged to have received serious injuries 'from being struck by a metal strip protruding from a' freight train. The railroad company contends the-boyiwas -a trespasser; that willful and wanton negligence; being the only predicate for liability, was not established as a mah ter of law; and that it was entitled to a. directed .verdict...

Marion Lee Clemons, sixteen-years…