St. Louis-San Francisco Ry., Thompson v. McCarn

Appellee, the father of Raymond McCarn, 17 years of age, sued appellant, Railroad Company, for damages to compensate him for loss of contributions in the death of his son, which resulted from a collision between appellant’s freight train and an automobile in which Raymond was riding, and belonging to appellee, on a street crossing in Luxora, Arkansas.

Appellee alleged in his complaint, negligence of appellant in failing to giye the statutory warning signals (§ 11135, Pope’s Digest).

Appellant’s answer was a general denial and affirmatively pleaded that the collision resulted solely from the…