Downey v. Santa Fe Transportation Co.

This action was brought to recover damages as a result of a collision between an automobile and a switch engine owned and operated by the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway. Ernest Sherf, Jr., son of plaintiffs Mildred G. Sherf and Ernest Sherf, died as a result of injuries sustained in the accident and plaintiff Malcolm Mars Downey sustained severe cuts and bruises. The case was tried before a jury. Motions for nonsuit and for a directed verdict were denied. The jury returned verdicts for the plaintiffs Mildred G. Sherf and Ernest Sherf, assessing the damages at the sum of $12,000 and in…