Shipp v. St. Louis Southwestern Ry. Co. in Trusteeship

TALIAFERRO, Judge.

This case adds another to the long list wherein a husband and father, after indulging too freely in strong drink in the nighttime, and becoming weary, of mind and body, sinks down to rest upon the track of a railway company, falls asleep and is run over and killed by a train. This sad commentary is written of Jimmie W. Shipp, whose widow, individually and as tutrix of their three minor children, prosecutes this suit to recover damages because of his death.

The facts of the case, contrary to the rule; are practically all uncontroverted.

The deceased and his brother-in-law,…