St. Louis, B. & M. Ry. Co. v. Cole

Appellee, Lillian Cole, brings this suit for damages against appellant, individually as the surviving wife of Charles L. Cole, who was hilled by appellant, and as next friend of their minor children, Charles L. Cole, Jr., William J. Cole, and Wayne Cole. It is alleged appellant negligently caused one of its engines to collide with an automobile driven by Charles L. Cole, deceased, at about 11 o’clock at night within the city limits of the city of Mercedes, from which collision said Cole was killed at a railroad crossing in said city.. The alleged grounds of negligence were:

“(a) Appellant…