St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. Co. v. Whitfield

On February 8, 1921, P. W. Whitfield and A. F. Sanders, while crossing the railroad track of appellant in an automobile about one and one-half miles north of the town of Kiefer, in the State of Oklahoma, were struck and injured by a train operated by appellant, and both of the men died as the result of their injuries. Sanders died the next day. His body was mashed and his back was broken, but he was conscious until he died. Whitfield lived two months after the injury occurred. The hip bone of one of his legs was broken and crushed, and after his leg was dressed by surgeons a weight was swung…