Younkman v. Missouri Pacific Railroad

BARRETT, Commissioner.

This is a companion case to Ruhl v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company, 304 S.W.2d 16. In this action the heirs, a son and a daughter, of Mrs. Ruhl’s guest, Mrs. Younk-man, have recovered a judgment of $11,000 for her negligent death and the railroad has appealed. The essential issues in the two cases are almost identical and what has been said in the Ruhl case is, in a large measure, determinative of this appeal. There is some difference, however, in the railroad’s argument and presentation of this appeal and it is therefore necessary to add a few words to what was said…