Hackett Ex Rel. Hackett v. Wabash Railroad

VAN OSDOL, Commissioner.

In this case plaintiff, Thomas Earl Hack-ett, recovered a judgment of $12,000 dam.. ages for personal injury against defendants-appellants Wabash Railroad Company and its engineer. Plaintiff, a minor seven years of age, was injured July 12, 1951, when a northbound Wabash steam locomotive drawing a train struck the eastbound “pickup” truck in which plaintiff was riding. The collision occurred at a grade crossing about one and one-fourth miles south of Moberly. At this point the Wabash single-track (north-south) line is parallel with the single-track line of…