Los Angeles & Salt Lake Railroad v. Umbaugh

OPINION

By the Court,

Ducker, C. J.:

The plaintiff, respondent here, brought this action to recover damages for the death of her adopted daughter, Willa Umbaugh, who was killed on the 10th day of November 1938 in a collision between the truck in which she was riding and a passenger train alleged to have been operated by the said railroad company. The truck was being driven by plaintiff’s husband, father of the deceased child by adoption, who was also killed. The child was eleven years of age.

The collision occurred at the Charleston Boulevard in the city of Las Vegas, within the yard limits of…