Hooker ex rel. Wilkinson v. Missouri Pacific Railroad

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Burch, J.:

The action was one for damages for injury sustained by a person riding in an autotruck driven by another when the truck collided with the engine .of a freight train at a street crossing of the railway track. Plaintiff recovered, and defendant appeals.

The accident occurred in November, 1929, at the intersection of defendant’s track and Edwards avenue in Wichita. Eugene Hooker, plaintiff’s brother, was driving the truck. He was on the way to work, and plaintiff was on the way to Wichita university, which she was attending. Plaintiff was in the…