Gulf, M. O.R. Co. v. Underwood

In the Circuit Court of Madison County Mrs. Mabeline Underwood recovered a judgment of $500 as damages for personal injuries against the Railroad Company, and her husband, D.G. Underwood, in a consolidated suit for medical expenses and loss of services, recovered a judgment against the Railroad Company for $250.

On appeal the Court of Appeals reversed these judgments on the ground that Mrs. Underwood had been, at the time of the accident for which the suits were brought, guilty of contributory negligence as a matter of law so as to bar the recoveries.

We granted plaintiffs' petition for…