St. Louis S. F. R. Co. v. Chester
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from County Court, Marshall County; A. H. ■Ferguson, Judge. Action by Joel Chester against the St. Louis & San Erancisco Railroad Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
BREWER, C.
The defendant in error, Joel Chester, who will be called plaintiff, was in Madill, Okla., on the night of August 21, 1908, and was injured by being struck at a crossing by a box car, knocking him down. Plaintiff had been drinking some, and at the suggestion of the city marshal had gone off the street into a hotel. Hearing a train whistle, he ran out to go to the depot to take a train to the next station. Between the hotel and the depot he had to cross a side track. A box car was being backed along this track to the ice plant. The conductor walked across the crossing…
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