Ramey v. Missouri Pacific Railroad

Plaintiff recovered judgment in the Circuit Court of Butler County for $25,000 for personal injuries caused by his being struck by defendant's train, and defendant appeals.

Plaintiff was struck and badly injured by a northbound passenger train of defendant at about eleven A.M., on Sunday, August 10, 1924. The accident occurred upon a public crossing at Russell, Arkansas, a village of about 200 population. Defendant's railroad at that point is spoken of as running north and south, but the direction is in fact slightly northeast and southwest. One witness said that at the crossing where…