Mitchell v. Missouri Pacific Railroad

This is an action by Louise Mitchell, administratrix of James H. Mitchell, deceased, and another, plaintiffs, against the Missouri Pacific Railroad Corporation in Nebraska, defendant and appellant here, for damages caused by the death of James H. Mitchell. At the time of his death Mitchell was president of the City Fuel Company, Lincoln, Nebraska, a corporation then dealing in coal, wholesale and retail..

On August 22, 1921, Missouri Pacific car No. 70231 arrived at the railroad yards of the defendant in Lincoln consigned to the City Fuel Company. On the morning of August 23, Gaffney, who was…