Booth v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Company

Appellant, who was the plaintiff below, sued the appellee railway company to recover damages to compensate a personal injury sustained by himself, and also for damages to a wagon which he was driving at the time of his injury. At the trial there was a verdict land judgment for tíie defendant, and the plaintiff has appealed.

On August 9, 1923, plaintiff was hauling wood with a wagon and team of mules, and he undertook to drive across the railroad at a place where there were three tracks. There was a slight embankment on both sides of the crossing, and the railroad tracks are located in a…