Snyder v. Missouri Pac. R.

These two suits were brought by representatives of C. C. Huffman and Phillip N. Roth to recover damages for the deaths of the two men occasioned by a collision between an automobile in which they were riding and a train of defendant railroad company. The two cases were tried together. There was a verdict for plaintiffs for $2000 in Huffman’s case and a verdict for plaintiffs for $7540' in Roth’s case. Upon motion for a new trial, the circuit judge concluded that he should have directed a verdict for the defendants in each case and accordingly dismissed both suits.

The court of appeals affirmed…