Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company v. French

JACKSON, Justice.

Plaintiff French sued defendant Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company for damages resulting from a collision between plaintiff’s truck and defendant’s train at a railway crossing in Stringtown, Oklahoma.

Plaintiff’s petition alleged negligence in the following particulars: failure to sound the whistle or ring the bell on the locomotive; unreasonable and excessive speed; in permitting the crossing to become rough, uneven and unsafe for the passage of vehicles; in permitting the view at the •crossing to become obscured and obstructed; in failing to protect the crossing with…