Untiedt v. St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co.

Conley Byrd, Justice.

Appellant Willis T. Untiedt sued St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. for the dam.ages. .that, occurred to his tandem lowboy truck after it became trapped .on the railroad tracks at the Highway 88 crossing in Altheimer. The trial court directed a verdict for the railroad. Untiedt for reversal claims that there was sufficient evidence to take the' case to the jury on the failure to keep a lookout and the statutory duty of the railway company to maintain the approaches to its tracks at the crossing.

The appellee’s tracks in the City of Altheimer run from southwest to…