St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad v. Brock

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, 0. J.:

J. T. Brock recovered a judgment against the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company for $7000, for personal injuries sustained because of the alleged negligence of the company. In his petition he averred that, in traveling over a highway with which he was unfamiliar, it became necessary *449for Mm to cross the railroad track; that east of the crossing the railroad runs through a deep cut, and that, in the same direction and- near the crossing, there is a curve in the railroad; that the embankments around the curve and along the cut are…