Murphy v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad

In this reassigned cause Nadine Murphy was awarded $10,000.00 for her personal injuries and $10,000.00 for the death of her husband, William "Pat" Murphy. The plaintiff's injuries and her husband's death resulted when the Chevrolet automobile in which they were riding as guests was struck by a Santa Fe train on the grade crossing at Edgerton, Kansas, on the afternoon of July 1, 1942. Therefore, as the parties agree, the cause is governed by and must be adjudicated according to the laws of Kansas. State ex rel. Thompson v. Shain, 351 Mo. 530, 540, 173 S.W.2d 406, 410.

Here, as in its companion…