Howell v. Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad Company

WALTER, Justice.

Raymond Howell and wife filed suit against Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad for damages resulting from a crossing accident in which their son Jimmie Ray Howell was killed. Based upon the verdict, judgment was rendered for M. K. & T. The Howells have appealed.

They contend that the court erred in receiving in evidence photographs and motion pictures which were taken more than a year after the collision; they contend this evidence purported to demonstrate to the jury the scene of the accident and the approaches to the crossing. They contend the demonstrations and experiments were…