Hale v. Kansas City Southern Railway Co.

HOLMAN, Commissioner.

Plaintiff received serious personal injuries on June 30, 1956, when the car she was *543driving ran into the side of a freight train which was standing on defendant’s main line track at the point where it crosses 15th Street in Joplin, Missouri. In this action to recover damages for said injuries she obtained a judgment for $17,000. Defendant has duly appealed therefrom.

The sole point briefed upon this appeal is that the trial court erred in overruling defendant’s motion for a directed verdict because the evidence showed that plaintiff was guilty of contributory negligence as…