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

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Jochems, J.:

The appellees, W. L. Coleman and Elizabeth Coleman, sued the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway Company in the district court of Wyandotte county for damages for the death of their unmarried son, James Clarkson Coleman. He was killed on September 21, 1924, in a collision upon a highway grade crossing near Paola, Kan. An automobile in which he was riding at the time collided with a passenger train of the defendant. Plaintiffs *326asked for damages in the amount of $3,000 and obtained a verdict from the jury for the full amount. Judgment was so…