Davenport v. Wabash Railroad Company

HENLEY, Judge.

Action by a widow for damages for the wrongful death of her husband arising out of a grade crossing collision involving the decedent’s eastbound automobile and a southbound Wabash Railroad Company (hereinafter Wabash) mixed passenger and freight train in Boone County, Missouri. Verdict and judgment were for plaintiff and against the defendants for $11,542. Defendants’ after-trial motion was confined to a motion to set aside the verdict and judgment, and for judgment in accordance with their motion for directed verdict. The motion was overruled and defendants appealed to the…