Missouri Pacific Railway Co. v. Bridges

Gaines, Associate Justice.

This suit was brought by defendants in error to recover of plaintiff in error damages for injuries resulting in the death of their minor son. The accident occurred at a point on the company’s track where it was crossed by a road which was used by the public as a highway. The crossing is at Golden, an unincorporated village in Wood County. The road was not recognized as a public highway by the authorities of the county. The railroad company had constructed a crossing for the road and had made a bridge across a ditch on the side of its track. The bridge having become…