Alexander v. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Co.

This is an action for personal injuries sustained by plaintiff and damage to plaintiff's automobile truck and cargo in a collision between one of defendant's trains and said truck when driven by plaintiff upon the crossing of Sherman Avenue over defendant's railroad track, in the city of Springfield, Missouri. The jury returned a verdict for defendant. The trial court sustained plaintiff's motion for a new trial on the ground that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence, and defendant appealed. The appeal went to the Springfield Court of Appeals, being within the jurisdiction of…