St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co. v. Spencer

Paul Ward, Associate Justice.

This is a railway-crossing accident case in which there was a jury verdict in favor of appellee. Appellant prosecutes this appeal for a reversal on the ground that there was no substantial evidence to support a submission to the jury. The basic facts and pleadings are substantially as set out hereafter.

Mrs. Beulah E. Harris and her husband, both elderly people, were returning from Winslow in a 1941 DeSoto automobile to their home. They left Highway No. 74 and proceeded to drive west on a private road for a distance of approximately 285 feet where the private road…