Missouri Pacific Railroad Company v. Bode

Appellee’s intestate, P. C. Bode, was killed in a collision between an automobile which he was driving and one of appellant’s passenger trains at the village of O’Kean, in Eandolph County, Arkansas, and this is an action instituted by appellee to recover damages for the benefit of the estate and of the next of kin.

The collision occurred at one of the street crossings in the village during the afternoon of August 14, 1923. The deceased was crossing the railroad track from east to west, and the train with which the automobile collided was coming from the north. It was charged in the complaint…