Evans v. St. Louis-San Francisco Ry. Co.

WILLIAMS, Justice.

Parties kre referred to herein as in the trial court.

This action grew out of an accident which happened on the outskirts of Stroud, Oklahoma, at a point where defendant corporation’s railroad crosses highway number 99.

On the day of the accident, plaintiff, with the help of ah assistant, was trying to start the motor of a truck he had recently bought. They succeeded in getting it started, then left it at a filling station while they drank coffee. They then went back to the station and his assistant got into the truck and started south on' highway 99, the owner (plaintiff)…