Hovley v. St. Louis-San Fran. Ry. Co., J. M. Kurn

On the morning of June 14, 1935, Vincent-E. Hovley, on a journey en route to his home in St. Louis, reached the town of Hoxie. He was traveling in an automobile on highway No. 67 and, just as he reached a crossing over the St. Louis-San Francisco Bailway Company tracks he was struck by an east-bound passenger train and killed.

This action was instituted by the appellant, Margaret B. Hovley, widow of the deceased, in her own right and as next friend for Vincent E. Hovley, a minor son of deceased, against the appellees to recover damages for the injuries inflicted by the railroad. The trial…