Fleming v. Pattillo

This is an action brought by Cleo Pattillo against Joseph B. Fleming and Aaron Colnon, trustees of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company, to recover damages for injuries alleged to have been sustained at a highway crossing on East Reno street in Oklahoma City when the automobile in which she was riding collided with a Diesel switch engine of the defendants.

The sole ground of negligence relied upon by plaintiff at the trial consisted of the failure of defendant’s servants to blow the whistle and ring the bell as the train was approaching the crossing. Defendants’ answer consisted…