Keyes v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad

Action by plaintiff (respondent here) for the recovery of damages for personal injuries alleged to have been suffered while plaintiff was a passenger on one of defendant's passenger trains, and alleged to have been directly and proximately occasioned by a collision between the train upon which plaintiff was a passenger and one of defendant's locomotive engines, said collision occurring in the defendant's railroad yards at Hannibal, Missouri, on the morning of August 17, 1925.

The petition is grounded upon the general negligence of the defendant railroad carrier, that is, upon the doctrine res…