Missouri Pacific R.R. Co., Thompson, Trustee v. Frye

MiNOR W. Millwee, Justice.

Loyd Henry Frye, a ten-year-old boy, was struck and killed by a train of appellant railway company at a public crossing near tbe City of Hot Springs on May 29, 1946. This action was brought by appellee,'Vernon C. Frye, as father for loss of services and as administrator of his son’s estate, against the railway company and against the engineer and fireman upon the locomotive involved in the tragedy.

Appellee alleged that the railway company knowingly maintained a dangerous crossing by negligently permitting the growth of weeds and shrubs on their right-of-way thereby…