Oklahoma City-Ada-Atoka Ry. Co. v. Swink

Homer L. Swink, as administrator of the estate of his father P. D. Swink, sued the Oklahoma City-Ada-Atoka Railway Company for damages resulting from the death of his father, who was instantly killed in a crossing accident when his automobile was struck by a two-car motorized train of defendant. It was about 6:15 o’clock in the evening during the month of October, just getting dark, and the weather was fair and warm with a slight breeze from the south. The crossing was about a mile and a half west of the city of Shawnee, and the train was running about 20 or 25 miles an hour. The headlight…