Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf Railway Co. v. Painter

HALLEY, Justice.

This action for damages for personal injuries was filed in the Superior Court of Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, by Earl Le-Roy Painter against the Kansas, Oklahoma & Gulf Railway Company, a corporation, and judgment for plaintiff, based upon a jury verdict, was rendered for the sum of $35,509.22. The parties will be referred to as plaintiff and defendant as they appeared in the trial court.

The injuries complained of by the plaintiff were the result of a collision of a 214 ton truck driven by plaintiff in an easterly direction on Highway 266 just west of the town of Dewar and east…