UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. Larson

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Sutton.

This action involves an automobile-freight train collision and the allegedly wrongful death of the auto mobile driver. Though both the train engineer and his employer, the Union Pacific Railroad Company, were named as defendants by the two minor plaintiffs, the jury returned a verdict for $16,666.00 in favor of plaintiffs against the railroad company only. It seeks relief by writ of error alleging six grounds for reversal, only one of which we need consider. It is: That there was contributory negligence on the part of the deceased driver.

The record discloses that…