Mo. Pac. R. R. v. Vaughan

Ed. F. McFaddin, Associate Justice.

Appellee, as administrator of the estate of J. C. Caruth, claimed that his intestate was negligently killed by a train of appellant. From a verdict and judgment for appellee, there is this appeal.

I. Sufficiency Of The Evidence. Appellant most vigorously insists that there was no substantial evidence to sustain the verdict; and this point requires a review of the testimony. On the afternoon of April 19, 1953 the deceased, J. C. Caruth, was sitting on the edge of a cross tie on the main line track of the Missouri Pacific Eailroad at a place north of Bald Knob…