Oatman Ex Rel. Oatman v. St. Louis-Southwestern Railway Co.

On January 5, 1922, John Oatman, a minor, nineteen years of age, acting through his father, G.W. Oatman, as next friend, filed in the Circuit Court of Dunklin County, Missouri, an action to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by said minor through the alleged negligence of defendant.

The case was tried upon an amended petition, which alleges, in substance, that defendant, a Missouri corporation, owned and operated a line of railroad running from St. Louis, Missouri, to and through the city of Malden, in said county, and extending into the State of Arkansas; that several switches…